UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark
One)
☒ ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2025
☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the transition period from to
.
Commission
File Number: 001-42743
SILVER
PEGASUS ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
2445 Augustine Dr ., STE 150
Santa Clara , CA
95054
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (408) 734-6022
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class: Trading Symbol: Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered:
Units, each consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share, $0.0001 par value, and one right SPEGU The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A Ordinary Shares SPEG The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Right – each Right entitles the holder to one-tenth of one Class A Ordinary Share SPEGR The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)
has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule
405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the registrant was
required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,”
“smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☒ Smaller reporting company ☒
Emerging growth company ☒
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness
of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered
public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐
If
securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant
included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation
received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☒ No
☐
At
June 30, 2025, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting and non-voting ordinary shares held by non-affiliates was
$ 0 .
As
of March 23, 2026 there were 11,500,000 of the registrant’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 3,833,333
of the registrant’s Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding.
Documents
Incorporated by Reference: None .
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
PART I
1
Item 1.
BUSINESS
1
Item 1A.
RISK
FACTORS
18
Item 1B.
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
62
Item 1C.
CYBERSECURITY
62
Item 2.
PROPERTIES
62
Item 3.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
62
Item 4.
MINE
SAFETY DISCLOSURES
62
PART II
63
Item 5.
MARKET
FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
63
Item 6.
[RESERVED]
65
Item 7.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
65
Item 7A.
QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
67
Item 8.
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
67
Item 9.
CHANGES
IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
67
Item 9A.
CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
68
Item 9B.
OTHER
INFORMATION
68
Item 9C.
DISCLOSURE
REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
68
PART III
69
Item 10.
DIRECTORS,
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
69
Item 11.
EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
79
Item 12.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS
79
Item 13.
CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
87
Item 14.
PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
90
PART IV
91
Item 15.
EXHIBIT
AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
91
Item 16.
FORM
10–K SUMMARY
92
SIGNATURES
93
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
F -1
i
CERTAIN
TERMS
Unless
otherwise stated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Report”), references to:
● “amended
and restated memorandum and article of association” are to the second amended and restated
memorandum and articles of association that the company has adopted;
● “board
of directors” are to the board of directors of the company;
● “Class A
Ordinary Shares” are to our Class A Ordinary Shares of par value $0.0001 per share
in the share capital of the company;
● “Class B
Ordinary Shares” are to our Class B Ordinary Shares of par value $0.0001 per share
in the share capital of the company;
● “Companies
Act” are to the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands, as the same may be
amended from time to time;
● “directors”
are to our current directors;
● “founder
shares” are to our Class B Ordinary Shares initially purchased by our sponsor
in a private placement prior to our initial public offering, and our Class A Ordinary
Shares issuable upon the conversion thereof as provided herein;
● “initial
public offering” or “IPO” are to our initial public offering consummated
on July 16, 2025;
● “management”
or our “management team” are to our officers and directors;
● “Ordinary
Shares” are to our Class A Ordinary Shares and our Class B Ordinary Shares,
collectively;
● “placement
warrants” are to the warrants purchased by our sponsor and Roth in the private placement;
● “private
placement” are to the private placement to our sponsor and Roth of an aggregate of
3,250,000 private placement warrants at a price of $1.00 per placement warrant, for an aggregate
purchase price of $3,250,000, which occurred simultaneously with the completion of our initial
public offering;
● “public
shares” are to our Class A Ordinary Shares sold as part of the units in our
initial public offering (whether they are purchased in our initial public offering or thereafter
in the open market);
ii
● “public
shareholders” are to the holders of our public shares, including our sponsor and management
team to the extent our sponsor and/or members of our management team purchase public shares,
provided that our sponsor’s and member of our management team’s status as a “public
shareholder” shall only exist with respect to such public shares;
● “public
warrants” or “warrants” are to our redeemable warrants sold as part of
the units in our initial public offering (whether they are purchased in our initial
public offering or thereafter in the open market, including warrants that may be acquired
by our sponsor or its affiliates in the open market);
● “representative”
or “Roth” are to Roth Capital Markets, LLC, the representative of the underwriters
in our initial public offering;
● “sponsor”
are to SilverLode Capital LLC , a Delaware limited liability company;
● “underwriters”
are to the underwriters of our initial public offering, for which the representative is acting
as representative;
● “units”
are to the public units sold in the initial public offering comprised of one Class A Ordinary
Share and one right, each entitles the holder thereof to one-tenth of a Class A Ordinary
Share; and
● “we,”
“us,” “company” or “our company” are to Silver Pegasus
Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company.
iii
CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain
statements in this Report may constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the federal securities laws. Our forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions
or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future
events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,”
“continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,”
“plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,”
“would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that
a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this Report may include, for example, statements about:
● our
ability to complete our initial business combination;
● our
success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or
directors following our initial business combination;
● our
officers and directors allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts
of interest with our business or in approving our initial business combination;
● our
potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete a business combination;
● our
pool of prospective target businesses;
● the
ability of our officers and directors to generate a number of potential investment opportunities;
● potential
changes in control if we acquire one or more target businesses for stock;
● our
public securities’ potential liquidity and trading;
● the
lack of a market for our securities;
● the
use of proceeds not held in the trust account established in connection with our initial
public offering (the “trust account”) or available to us from interest income
on the trust account balance;
● the
trust account not being subject to claims of third parties; or
● our
financial performance.
The
forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments
and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated.
These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions
that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described under the heading “ Risk Factors ”.
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may
vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable
securities laws.
iv
PART I
Item 1.
BUSINESS
General
We are a blank check company incorporated on June 5, 2024 as a
Cayman Islands exempted company and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share
purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this Report as our
initial business combination. We have not selected any business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated
any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target.
We
may pursue an initial business combination target in any business or industry or at any stage of its corporate evolution. Our primary
focus, however, will be in completing a business combination with an established business of scale poised for continued growth, led by
a highly regarded management team. We intend to focus our search on opportunities where we believe we can capitalize on the experience
and expertise of our management team to identify, acquire and potentially operate a business in the technology sector, with a focus on
semiconductors and systems solutions. Initially, we will look at companies that are poised for growth, led by a highly regarded management
team, with an enterprise value in the range of $200-$500 million. Our management team has an extensive track record of acquiring attractive
assets at disciplined valuations, investing in growth while fostering financial discipline and improving business results.
Note
from Management
Our
management is pragmatic, measuring our success in both immediate and continuous financial return balanced across all stakeholders. Our
investment philosophy has been shaped by the many transactions we have originated, combined with our hands-on experiences as entrepreneurial
leaders across the growth spectrum, from startups to multi-billion-dollar corporations.
We
believe in quality management team s that lead attractive target businesses. Successful teams understand not only their craft,
but the limitations in their businesses, and realize that efficient scaling requires a consistent onboarding of knowledge, expertise,
and varied points of view, as well as capital, to continue winning the challenge of sustained extraordinary growth.
Unlocking
value and growth potential for our investors, our business combination targets, and ourselves is a balanced multi-part equation crafted
through an alignment of incentives and an incremental injection of value from and across all stakeholders.
We
have been and continue to be entrepreneurs, managers, board members and investors in public and private enterprises that we find exciting.
It is with real knowledge of the successes and failures of talented and energetic creators that we offer our counsel as partners in seeking
to unlock further growth and value, as well as our support and a matching of intense work ethic, to the managers of businesses we select
for combination.
Business
Combination Criteria and Strategy
While
we may pursue an initial business combination with a company in any industry, sector or geographic location, we intend to focus our search
on opportunities where we believe we can capitalize on the experience and expertise of our management team to identify, acquire and potentially
operate a business in the technology sector, with a focus on semiconductors and systems solutions. Initially, we will look at companies
that are poised for growth, led by a highly regarded management team, with an enterprise value in the range of $200-$500 million. We
will seek to acquire businesses that we believe are poised for growth whether stand alone or in combination with capable management teams,
but potentially in need of financial, operational, strategic or managerial enhancement to maximize value. We do not intend to acquire
companies without established business plans. Our management team and board of directors will seek to leverage their access to proprietary
deal flow, sourcing capabilities and network of industry contacts to generate business combination opportunities.
1
Our
Investment Thesis and Strategy
We
have identified the following general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective targets. We will
use these criteria and guidelines in evaluating acquisition opportunities, but we may decide to enter into our initial business combination
with a target business that does not meet these criteria and guidelines.
● Target
Business Size . We will seek to invest in one or more businesses, determined
in the sole discretion of our officers and directors according to reasonably accepted valuation
standards and methodologies.
● Competitive
Position . We intend to invest in one or more businesses that have a leading,
growing or unique niche market position in their respective sectors. We will analyze the
strengths and weaknesses of target businesses relative to their competitors. We will seek
to invest in one or more businesses that demonstrate advantages when compared to their competitors,
including capable management team, defensible proprietary technology, strong adoption rates,
and relevant domain expertise.
● Capable
Management Team . We will seek to invest in one or more businesses that have
experienced management teams or those that provide a platform for us to assemble an effective
and capable management team. We will focus on management teams with a track record of driving
revenue growth and creating value for their shareholders.
● Benefit
from Being a Public Company . We intend to seek out one or more businesses
that will benefit from being publicly listed and can effectively utilize the broader access
to capital and the public profile to grow and accelerate shareholder value creation.
● Defensible
Business Niche . We will seek one or more companies that have or when combined
will have a leading or niche market position and that demonstrate or could demonstrate advantages
when compared to their competitors, which may help to create barriers to entry against new
competitors.
● Potential
for Stable Free Cash Flow . We will seek to acquire a business or multiple
businesses that has historically generated, or has the potential to generate sustainable
free cash flow.
These criteria are not intended to be exhaustive.
Any evaluation relating to the merits of a particular initial business combination may be based, to the extent relevant, on these general
guidelines as well as other considerations, factors and criteria that our management may deem relevant. We may decide to enter into our
initial business combination with a target business that does not meet the above criteria and guidelines, and in the event we do so,
we will disclose that the target business does not meet the above criteria in our shareholder communications related to our initial business
combination, which, as discussed in this Report, would be in the form of proxy solicitation materials or tender offer documents that
we would file with the SEC.
Acquisition
Process
In
evaluating a prospective target business, we expect to conduct a due diligence review which may encompass, among other things, meetings
with incumbent management and employees, document reviews, interviews of customers and suppliers, inspection of facilities, as applicable,
as well as a review of financial, operational, legal and other information about the target and its industry which will be made available
to us. If we determine to move forward with a particular target, we will proceed to structure and negotiate the terms of the business
combination transaction.
The
time required to select and evaluate a target business and to structure and complete our initial business combination, and the costs
associated with this process, are not currently ascertainable with any degree of certainty. Any costs incurred with respect to the identification
and evaluation of, and negotiation with, a prospective target business with which our initial business combination is not ultimately
completed will result in our incurring losses and will reduce the funds available for us to use to complete another business combination.
Initial
Business Combination
Nasdaq
rules require that we must complete one or more business combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value
of the assets held in the trust account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned on
the trust account). Our board of directors will make the determination as to the fair market value of our initial business combination.
If our board of directors is not able to independently determine the fair market value of our initial business combination, we will obtain
an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions with respect
to the satisfaction of such criteria. While we consider it likely that our board of directors will be able to make an independent determination
of the fair market value of our initial business combination, it may be unable to do so if it is less familiar or experienced with the
business of a particular target or if there is a significant amount of uncertainty as to the value of the target’s assets or prospects.
Additionally, pursuant to Nasdaq rules, any initial business combination must be approved by a majority of our independent directors.
2
We
anticipate structuring our initial business combination so that the post transaction company in which our public shareholders own shares
will own or acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. We may, however, structure our initial
business combination such that the post transaction company owns or acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target
business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for other reasons, but we will only complete
such business combination if the post transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target
or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act. Even if the post transaction company owns
or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to the business combination may collectively own
a minority interest in the post transaction company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination.
For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares in exchange for all of the outstanding
capital stock, shares or other equity interests of a target. In this case, we would acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target.
However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares, our shareholders immediately prior to our initial business
combination could own less than a majority of our issued and outstanding shares subsequent to our initial business combination. If less
than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post transaction company,
the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be taken into account for purposes of the 80% of net
assets test described above. If the business combination involves more than one target business, the aggregate value of all of the target
businesses, will be taken into account for purposes of the 80% fair market value test.
We
are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors,
non-managing sponsor investors, or completing the business combination through a joint venture or other form of shared ownership with
our sponsor, officers or directors or non-managing sponsor investors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination
with a company that is affiliated (as defined in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association) with our sponsor, officers
or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another
independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions, stating that the consideration to be paid by us in such an initial business
combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. We are not required to obtain such an opinion in any other context.
Sourcing
of Potential Business Combination Targets
We
believe our management team’s significant operating and transaction experience and relationships will provide us with a substantial
number of potential initial business combination targets. Over the course of their careers, the members of our management team have developed
a broad network of contacts and corporate relationships around the world. This network has grown through the activities of our management
team sourcing, acquiring and financing businesses, the reputation of our management team for integrity and fair dealing with sellers,
financing sources and target management teams and the experience of our management team in executing transactions under varying economic
and financial market conditions.
This
network has provided our management team with a flow of referrals that has resulted in numerous transactions which were proprietary or
where a limited group of investors were invited to participate in the sale process. We believe that the network of contacts and relationships
of our management team will provide us important sources of investment opportunities. In addition, we anticipate that target business
combination candidates will be brought to our attention from various unaffiliated sources, including investment market participants,
private equity funds and large business enterprises seeking to divest non-core assets or divisions.
We
are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors,
non-managing sponsor investors, or completing the business combination through a joint venture or other form of shared ownership with
our sponsor, officers or directors or non-managing sponsor investors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination
with a company that is affiliated (as defined in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association) with our sponsor, officers
or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another
independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions, stating that the consideration to be paid by us in such an initial business
combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. We are not required to obtain such an opinion in any other context.
3
Potential
Conflicts
Members of our management team and our independent
directors will directly or indirectly own founder shares and/or private placement warrants following the offering and, accordingly, may
have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our
initial business combination. Further, each of our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating
a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business
as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.
Each
of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary, contractual or other obligations
or duties to one or more other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination
opportunity to such entities. Accordingly, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which
is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary
or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such other entity, subject to their fiduciary duties under
Cayman Islands law. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by
law: (i) no individual serving as a director or an officer, among other persons, shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly
assumed by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business
as us, and (ii) we renounce any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction
or matter which (a) may be a corporate opportunity for any director or officer, on the one hand, and us, on the other or (b) the
presentation of which would breach an existing legal obligation of a director or officer to any other entity. We do not believe, however,
that the fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our officers or directors will materially affect our ability to complete our
initial business combination.
In
addition, our sponsor and our officers and directors may sponsor or form other special purpose acquisition companies similar to ours
or may pursue other business or investment ventures during the period in which we are seeking an initial business combination. As a result,
our sponsor, officers and directors could have conflicts of interest in determining whether to present business combination opportunities
to us or to any other special purpose acquisition company with which they may become involved. Any such companies, businesses or investments
may present additional conflicts of interest in pursuing an initial business combination target. However, based on the fact that there
are many companies, businesses or investments that would be a suitable target for a business combination with us, and because we may
consummate a business combination with a target in a broad array of industries, we do not believe that any such potential conflicts would
materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.
We
have a Registration Statement on Form 8-A with the SEC to voluntarily register our securities under Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. As a result, we will be subject to the rules and regulations
promulgated under the Exchange Act. We have no current intention of filing a Form 15 to suspend our reporting or other obligations
under the Exchange Act prior or subsequent to the consummation of our initial business combination.
Status
as a Public Company
We
believe our structure will make us an attractive business combination partner to target businesses. As an existing public company, we
offer a target business an alternative to the traditional initial public offering through a merger or other business combination with
us. In a business combination transaction with us, the owners of the target business may, for example, exchange their shares of stock
or shares in the target business for our Class A ordinary shares (or shares of a new holding company) or for a combination of our
Class A ordinary shares and cash, allowing us to tailor the consideration to the specific needs of the sellers. We believe target
businesses will find this method a more expeditious and cost effective method to becoming a public company than the typical initial public
offering. The typical initial public offering process takes a significantly longer period of time than the typical business combination
transaction process, and there are significant expenses and market and other uncertainties in the initial public offering process, including
underwriting discounts and commissions, marketing and road show efforts that may not be present to the same extent in connection with
a business combination with us.
Furthermore,
once a proposed initial business combination is completed, the target business will have effectively become public, whereas an initial
public offering is always subject to the underwriters’ ability to complete the offering, as well as general market conditions,
which could delay or prevent the offering from occurring or could have negative valuation consequences. Following an initial business
combination, we believe the target business would then have greater access to capital, an additional means of providing management incentives
consistent with shareholders’ interests and the ability to use its shares as currency for acquisitions. Being a public company
can offer further benefits by augmenting a company’s profile among potential new customers and vendors and aid in attracting talented
employees.
4
While
we believe that our structure and our management team’s backgrounds will make us an attractive business partner, some potential
target businesses may view our status as a blank check company, such as our lack of an operating history and our ability to seek shareholder
approval of any proposed initial business combination, negatively.
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the
JOBS Act. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following
the fifth anniversary of the completion of the offering, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.235 billion,
or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Class A ordinary shares that
is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than
$1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period.
Additionally,
we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting
companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years
of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the
market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates is equal to or exceeds $250 million as of the prior June 30, or
(2) our annual revenues equaled or exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our ordinary
shares held by non-affiliates is equal to or exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30 th .
In addition, after completion of the offering and prior to the consummation
of a business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will have the right to vote on the appointment or removal
of directors. As a result, Nasdaq will consider us to be a “controlled company” within the meaning of Nasdaq corporate governance
standards. Under Nasdaq corporate governance standards, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power for the appointment of directors
is held by an individual, group or another company is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain corporate
governance requirements. We currently do not intend to rely on the “controlled company” exemption, but may do so in the future.
Accordingly, if we choose to do so, you will not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all
of the Nasdaq corporate governance requirements.
Financial
Position
With funds available for a business combination initially in the amount
of $107,475,000, after payment of $3,500,000 of deferred underwriting fees (or $110,975,000 assuming no redemptions and after payment
of $4,025,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), we offer a target business a variety of options,
such as creating a liquidity event for its owners, providing capital for the potential growth and expansion of its operations or strengthening
its balance sheet by reducing its debt ratio. Because we are able to complete our initial business combination using our cash, debt or
equity securities, or a combination of the foregoing, we have the flexibility to use the most efficient combination that will allow us
to tailor the consideration to be paid to the target business to fit its needs and desires. However, we have not taken any steps to secure
third party financing and there can be no assurance it will be available to us.
Effecting
our initial business combination
General
We are not presently engaged in, and we will not engage in, any operations
for an indefinite period of time following the offering. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the
proceeds of the offering and the private placement of the private placement warrants, the proceeds of the sale of our shares in connection
with our initial business combination (including pursuant to forward purchase agreements or backstop agreements we may enter into following
the consummation of the offering or otherwise), shares issued to the owners of the target, debt issued to bank or other lenders or the
owners of the target, other securities issuances, or a combination of the foregoing. We may seek to complete our initial business combination
with a company or business that may be financially unstable or in its early stages of development or growth, which would subject us to
the numerous risks inherent in such companies and businesses.
If
our initial business combination is paid for using equity or debt securities, or not all of the funds released from the trust account
are used for payment of the consideration in connection with our initial business combination or used for redemptions of our Class A
ordinary shares, we may use the balance of the cash released to us from the trust account following the closing for general corporate
purposes, including for maintenance or expansion of operations of the post-transaction company, the payment of principal or interest
due on indebtedness incurred in completing our initial business combination, to fund the purchase of other companies, or for working
capital.
5
We have not selected any business combination target and we have not,
nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target. We
may pursue an initial business combination in any business or industry. Our primary focus, however, will be in completing a business combination
with an established business of scale poised for continued growth, led by a highly regarded management team. Accordingly, there is no
current basis for investors in the offering to evaluate the possible merits or risks of the target business with which we may ultimately
complete our initial business combination. Although our management will assess the risks inherent in a particular target business with
which we may combine, we cannot assure you that this assessment will result in our identifying all risks that a target business may encounter.
Furthermore, some of those risks may be outside of our control, meaning that we can do nothing to control or reduce the chances that those
risks will adversely affect a target business.
We may seek to raise additional funds through a private offering of
debt or equity securities in connection with the completion of our initial business combination and we may effectuate our initial business
combination using the proceeds of such offering rather than using the amounts held in the trust account. In addition, we intend to target
businesses with enterprise values that are greater than we could acquire with the net proceeds of the offering and the sale of the private
placement warrants, and, as a result, if the cash portion of the purchase price exceeds the amount available from the trust account, net
of amounts needed to satisfy any redemptions by public shareholders, we may be required to seek additional financing to complete such
proposed initial business combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would expect to complete such financing
only simultaneously with the completion of our initial business combination. In the case of an initial business combination funded with
assets other than the trust account assets, our proxy materials or tender offer documents disclosing the initial business combination
would disclose the terms of the financing and, only if required by law, we would seek shareholder approval of such financing. There is
no limitation on our ability to raise funds through the issuance of equity or equity-linked securities or through loans, advances or other
indebtedness in connection with our initial business combination, including pursuant to forward purchase agreements or backstop agreements
we may enter into following consummation of the offering. At this time, we are not a party to any arrangement or understanding with any
third party with respect to raising any additional funds through the sale of securities or otherwise. None of our sponsors, officers,
directors or shareholders is required to provide any financing to us in connection with or after our initial business combination.
Sources
of Target Businesses
We anticipate that target business candidates will be brought to our
attention from various unaffiliated sources, including investment bankers and private investment funds. Target businesses may be brought
to our attention by such unaffiliated sources as a result of being solicited by us through calls or mailings. These sources may also introduce
us to target businesses in which they think we may be interested on an unsolicited basis, since many of these sources will have read this
Report and know what types of businesses we are targeting. Our officers and directors, as well as their affiliates, may also bring to
our attention target business candidates of which they become aware through their business contacts as a result of formal or informal
inquiries or discussions they may have, as well as attending trade shows or conventions. In addition, we expect to receive a number of
proprietary deal flow opportunities that would not otherwise necessarily be available to us as a result of the track record and business
relationships of our officers and directors. While we do not presently anticipate engaging the services of professional firms or other
individuals that specialize in business acquisitions on any formal basis, we may engage these firms or other individuals in the future,
in which event we may pay a finder’s fee, consulting fee or other compensation to be determined in an arm’s length negotiation
based on the terms of the transaction.
Prior
to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination, there may be payment by the company to our sponsor, officers
or directors, or our or their affiliates, of a finder’s fee, advisory fee, consulting fee or success fee for any services they
render in order to effectuate the completion of our initial business, which, if made prior to the completion of our initial business
combination, will be paid from funds held outside the trust account.
We
will engage a finder only to the extent our management determines that the use of a finder may bring opportunities to us that may not
otherwise be available to us or if finders approach us on an unsolicited basis with a potential transaction that our management determines
is in our best interest to pursue. Payment of a finder’s fee is customarily tied to completion of a transaction, in which case
any such fee will be paid out of the funds held in the trust account.
We
are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors,
non-managing sponsor investors, or completing the business combination through a joint venture or other form of shared ownership with
our sponsor, officers or directors or non-managing sponsor investors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination
with a company that is affiliated (as defined in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association) with our sponsor, officers
or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another
independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions, stating that the consideration to be paid by us in such an initial business
combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. We are not required to obtain such an opinion in any other context.
6
Evaluation
of a Target Business and Structuring of Our Initial Business Combination
In
evaluating a prospective target business, we expect to conduct a due diligence review which may encompass, among other things, meetings
with incumbent management and employees, document reviews, interviews of customers and suppliers, inspection of facilities, as applicable,
as well as a review of financial, operational, legal and other information which will be made available to us. If we determine to move
forward with a particular target, we will proceed to structure and negotiate the terms of the business combination transaction.
The
time required to select and evaluate a target business and to structure and complete our initial business combination, and the costs
associated with this process, are not currently ascertainable with any degree of certainty. Any costs incurred with respect to the identification
and evaluation of, and negotiation with, a prospective target business with which our initial business combination is not ultimately
completed will result in our incurring losses and will reduce the funds we can use to complete another business combination.
Lack
of Business Diversification
For
an indefinite period of time after the completion of our initial business combination, the prospects for our success may depend entirely
on the future performance of a single business. Unlike other entities that have the resources to complete business combinations with
multiple entities in one or several industries, it is probable that we will not have the resources to diversify our operations and mitigate
the risks of being in a single line of business. By completing our initial business combination with only a single entity, our lack of
diversification may:
● subject
us to negative economic, competitive and regulatory developments, any or all of which may
have a substantial adverse impact on the particular industry in which we operate after our
initial business combination, and
● cause
us to depend on the marketing and sale of a single product or limited number of products
or services.
Limited
Ability to Evaluate the Target’s Management Team
Although
we intend to closely scrutinize the management of a prospective target business when evaluating the desirability of effecting our initial
business combination with that business, our assessment of the target business’s management may not prove to be correct. In addition,
the future management may not have the necessary skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company. Furthermore, the future
role of members of our management team, if any, in the target business cannot presently be stated with any certainty. The determination
as to whether any of the members of our management team will remain with the combined company will be made at the time of our initial
business combination. While it is possible that one or more of our directors will remain associated in some capacity with us following
our initial business combination, it is unlikely that any of them will devote their full efforts to our affairs subsequent to our initial
business combination. Moreover, we cannot assure you that members of our management team will have significant experience or knowledge
relating to the operations of the particular target business.
We
cannot assure you that any of our key personnel will remain in senior management or advisory positions with the combined company. The
determination as to whether any of our key personnel will remain with the combined company will be made at the time of our initial business
combination.
Following
a business combination, we may seek to recruit additional managers to supplement the incumbent management of the target business. We
cannot assure you that we will have the ability to recruit additional managers, or that additional managers will have the requisite skills,
knowledge or experience necessary to enhance the incumbent management.
Shareholders
May Not Have the Ability to Approve Our Initial Business Combination
We
may conduct redemptions without a shareholder vote pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC subject to the provisions of our amended
and restated memorandum and articles of association. However, we will seek shareholder approval if it is required by law or applicable
stock exchange rule, or we may decide to seek shareholder approval for business or other reasons.
Under
Nasdaq’s listing rules, shareholder approval would be required for our initial business combination if, for example:
● We
issue ordinary shares that will be equal to or in excess of 25% of the number of our ordinary
shares then outstanding (other than in a public offering);
● Any
of our directors, officers or substantial shareholders (as defined by Nasdaq rules) has a
5% or greater interest earned on the trust account (or such persons collectively have a 10%
or greater interest), directly or indirectly, in the target business or assets to be acquired
or otherwise and the present or potential issuance of ordinary shares could result in an
increase in outstanding ordinary shares or voting power of 5% or more; or
● The
issuance or potential issuance of ordinary shares will result in our undergoing a change
of control.
7
The
decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combination in those instances in which shareholder approval
is not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based
on business and legal reasons, which include a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: (i) the timing of the transaction,
including in the event we determine shareholder approval would require additional time and there is either not enough time to seek shareholder
approval or doing so would place the company at a disadvantage in the transaction or result in other additional burdens on the company;
(ii) the expected cost of holding a shareholder vote; (iii) the risk that the shareholders would fail to approve the proposed
business combination; (iv) other time and budget constraints of the company; and (v) additional legal complexities of a proposed
business combination that would be time-consuming and burdensome to present to shareholders.
Permitted
Purchases of Our Securities
If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business
combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates may purchase
public shares or public rights in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion
of our initial business combination, although they are under no obligation or duty to do so. Such a purchase may include a contractual
acknowledgment that such shareholder, although still the record holder of our shares is no longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore
agrees not to exercise its redemption rights. In the event that our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates
purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions from public shareholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights,
such selling shareholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. It is intended that, if Rule 10b-18
would apply to purchases by sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates, then such purchases will comply
with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, to the extent it applies, which provides a safe harbor for purchases made under certain
conditions, including with respect to timing, pricing and volume of purchases.
Additionally,
at any time at or prior to our initial business combination, subject to applicable securities laws (including with respect to material
nonpublic information), our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates may enter into transactions with
investors and others to provide them with incentives to acquire public shares, vote their public shares in favor of our initial business
combination or not redeem their public shares. However, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions
and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions. None of the funds in the trust account will be used to purchase
public shares or public rights in such transactions.
The
purpose of any such transactions could be to (1) increase the likelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the business combination,
(2) reduce the number of public rights outstanding and/or increase the likelihood of approval on any matters submitted to the public
rights holders for approval in connection with our initial business combination or (3) satisfy a closing condition in an agreement
with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initial business combination,
where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. Any such purchases of our securities may result in the completion
of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible.
In
addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our securities may be reduced and the number of beneficial holders
of our securities may be reduced, which may make it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities
on a national securities exchange.
Our
sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates anticipate that they may identify the shareholders with whom
our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates may pursue privately negotiated transactions by either the
shareholders contacting us directly or by our receipt of redemption requests submitted by shareholders (in the case of Class A ordinary
shares) following our mailing of proxy materials in connection with our initial business combination. To the extent that our sponsor,
initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates enter into a private transaction, they would identify and contact only
potential selling or redeeming shareholders who have expressed their election to redeem their shares for a pro rata share of the trust
account or vote against our initial business combination, whether or not such shareholder has already submitted a proxy with respect
to our initial business combination but only if such shares have not already been voted at the general meeting related to our initial
business combination. Our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates will select which shareholders to purchase
shares from based on the negotiated price and number of shares and any other factors that they may deem relevant, and will be restricted
from purchasing shares if such purchases do not comply with Regulation M under the Exchange Act and the other federal securities
laws.
8
Our
sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates will be restricted from making purchases of shares if the purchases
would violate Section 9(a)(2) or Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act. Any such purchases will be reported pursuant to
Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent such purchasers are subject to such reporting requirements.
Additionally, in the event our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates were to purchase public shares
or public rights from public shareholders, such purchases would be structured in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5
under the Exchange Act including, in pertinent part, through adherence to the following:
● our
registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would
disclose the possibility that our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and
their affiliates may purchase public shares or public rights from public shareholders outside
the redemption process, along with the purpose of such purchases;
● if
our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates were to purchase
public shares or public rights from public shareholders, they would do so at a price no higher
than the price offered through our redemption process;
● our
registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would
include a representation that any of our securities purchased by our sponsor, initial shareholders,
directors, officers and their affiliates would not be voted in favor of approving the business
combination transaction;
● our
sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates would not possess
any redemption rights with respect to our securities or, if they do acquire and possess redemption
rights, they would waive such rights; and
● we
would disclose in a Form 8-K, before our security holder meeting to approve the business
combination transaction, the following material items:
● the
amount of our securities purchased outside of the redemption offer by our sponsor, initial
shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates, along with the purchase price;
● the
purpose of the purchases by our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their
affiliates;
● the
impact, if any, of the purchases by our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers
and their affiliates on the likelihood that the business combination transaction will be
approved;
● the
identities of our security holders who sold to our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors,
officers and their affiliates (if not purchased on the open market) or the nature of our
security holders (e.g., 5% security holders) who sold to our sponsor, initial shareholders,
directors, officers and their affiliates; and
● the
number of our securities for which we have received redemption requests pursuant to our redemption
offer.
Please
see “ Risk Factors — If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, initial
shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates may elect to purchase shares or public rights from public shareholders, which
may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public “float” of our Class A ordinary shares
or public rights. ”
9
Redemption
Rights for Public Shareholders upon Completion of Our Initial Business Combination
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem
all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares, regardless of whether they abstain, vote for, or vote against, our initial business
combination, upon the completion of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount
then on deposit in the trust account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination,
including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (less taxes payable, other than any excise or similar tax that may be
due or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations and on the conditions described herein.
The amount in the trust account is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per public share. The per share amount we will distribute to investors
who properly redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions we will pay to the underwriters. Our sponsor,
officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights
with respect to their founder shares and any public shares they may hold in connection with the completion of our initial business combination.
The non-managing sponsor investors are not required to (i) hold any units, Class A ordinary shares or public rights they may
purchase in the offering or thereafter for any amount of time, (ii) vote any Class A ordinary shares they may own at the applicable
time in favor of our initial business combination or (iii) refrain from exercising their right to redeem their public shares at the
time of our initial business combination. The non-managing sponsor investors will have the same rights to the funds held in the trust
account with respect to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the units they may purchase in the offering as the rights afforded
to our other public shareholders. None of the non-managing sponsor members have expressed an interest in purchasing units in the public
offering. However, whether or not the non-managing sponsor investors purchase any units in this public offering or in the open market
after the offering, the non-managing sponsor investors will have different interests than our other public shareholders in approving our
initial business combination and otherwise exercising their rights as public shareholders because of their indirect ownership of founder
shares and private placement warrants as further discussed in this Report.
Our proposed initial business combination may impose a minimum cash
requirement for (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash for working capital or other general
corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would
be required to pay for all Class A ordinary shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy
cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed initial business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us,
we will not complete the initial business combination or redeem any shares, and all Class A ordinary shares submitted for redemption
will be returned to the holders thereof. We may, however, raise funds through the issuance of equity-linked securities or through loans,
advances or other indebtedness in connection with our initial business combination, including pursuant to forward purchase agreements
or backstop arrangements we may enter into following consummation of the offering, in order to, among other reasons, satisfy such net
tangible assets or minimum cash requirements.
Manner
of Conducting Redemptions
We
will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares upon the completion
of our initial business combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the business combination or
(ii) without a shareholder vote by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed
business combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors
such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would require us to seek shareholder approval under applicable
law or stock exchange listing requirement or whether we were deemed to be a foreign private issuer (which would require a tender offer
rather than seeking shareholder approval under SEC rules), as described above under the heading “ Shareholders May Not Have the
Ability to Approve Our Initial Business Combination .” Asset acquisitions and share purchases would not typically require shareholder
approval while direct mergers with our company (other than with a 90% subsidiary of ours) and any transactions where we issue more than
20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares or seek to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association would
require shareholder approval. So long as we obtain and maintain a listing for our securities on Nasdaq, we will be required to comply
with Nasdaq’s shareholder approval rules.
The
requirement that we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares by one of the two methods listed
above are contained in provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and will apply whether or not we
maintain our registration under the Exchange Act or our listing on Nasdaq. Such provisions may be amended if approved by a special
resolution, which requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do
so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company, so long as we offer redemption
in connection with such amendment.
If
we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares in connection with a general meeting, we will,
pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association:
● conduct
the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A
of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to
the tender offer rules, and
● file
proxy materials with the SEC.
10
In
the event that we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, we will distribute proxy materials and, in connection
therewith, provide our public shareholders with the redemption rights described above upon completion of the initial business combination.
If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business
combination only if we receive an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of
association, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do
so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company. A quorum for such meeting
will be present if the holders of at least one third of issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at the meeting are represented
in person or by proxy. Our sponsor, officers and directors will count toward this quorum and, pursuant to the letter agreement, our sponsor,
officers and directors have agreed to vote their founder shares, private placement shares and any public shares purchased during or after
the offering (including in open market and privately-negotiated transactions), (except that any public shares such parties may purchase
in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act would not be voted in favor of approving the business
combination transaction). For purposes of seeking approval of an ordinary resolution, non-votes will have no effect on the approval of
our initial business combination once a quorum is obtained. Assuming that only the holders of one-third of our issued and outstanding
ordinary shares, representing a quorum under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association vote their shares at a general
meeting of the company, we will not need any public shares in addition to our founder shares to be voted in favor of an initial business
combination in order to approve an initial business combination. However, if our initial business combination is structured as a statutory
merger or consolidation with another company under Cayman Islands law, the approval of our initial business combination will require a
special resolution, which requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled
to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company. In addition, prior
to the closing of our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares (i) will have the right to appoint
and remove directors prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination and (ii) will be entitled
to vote on continuing our company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend our
constitutional documents or to adopt new constitutional documents, in each case, as a result of our approving a transfer by way of continuation
in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). These quorum and voting thresholds, and the voting agreement of our sponsor, officers and
directors, may make it more likely that we will consummate our initial business combination. Each public shareholder may elect to redeem
their public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction, or whether they do not vote or abstain
from voting on the proposed transaction, or whether they were a public shareholder on the record date for the general meeting held to
approve the proposed transaction.
If
a shareholder vote is not required and we do not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, we will:
● conduct
the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act,
which regulate issuer tender offers, and
● file
tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination
which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business
combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act,
which regulates the solicitation of proxies.
In
the event we conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, our offer to redeem will remain open for at least 20 business days,
in accordance with Rule 14e-1(a) under the Exchange Act, and we will not be permitted to complete our initial business
combination until the expiration of the tender offer period. In addition, the tender offer will be conditioned on public shareholders
not tendering more than the number of public shares we are permitted to redeem. If public shareholders tender more shares than we have
offered to purchase, we will withdraw the tender offer and not complete the initial business combination.
Upon
the public announcement of our initial business combination, if we elect to conduct redemption pursuant to the tender offer rules, we
or our sponsor will terminate any plan established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 to purchase our Class A ordinary shares in
the open market, in order to comply with Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act.
We
intend to require our public shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their
shares in “street name,” to, at the holder’s option, either deliver their share certificates to our transfer agent
or deliver their shares to our transfer agent electronically using the Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian)
system, prior to the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable. In the case of proxy materials,
this date may be up to two business days prior to the scheduled vote on the proposal to approve the initial business combination.
In addition, if we conduct redemptions in connection with a shareholder vote, we intend to require a public shareholder seeking redemption
of its public shares to also submit a written request for redemption to our transfer agent two business days prior to the scheduled
vote in which the name of the beneficial owner of such shares is included. The proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable,
that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will indicate whether we are
requiring public shareholders to satisfy such delivery requirements. We believe that this will allow our transfer agent to efficiently
process any redemptions without the need for further communication or action from the redeeming public shareholders, which could delay
redemptions and result in additional administrative cost. If the proposed initial business combination is not approved and we continue
to search for a target company, we will promptly return any certificates or shares delivered by public shareholders who elected to redeem
their shares.
11
Our proposed initial business combination may impose a minimum cash
requirement for (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash for working capital or other general
corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would
be required to pay for all Class A ordinary shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy
cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed initial business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us,
we will not complete the initial business combination or redeem any shares, and all Class A ordinary shares submitted for redemption
will be returned to the holders thereof. We may, however, raise funds through the issuance of equity or equity-linked securities or through
loans, advances or other indebtedness in connection with our initial business combination, including pursuant to forward purchase agreements
or backstop arrangements we may enter into following consummation of the offering, in order to, among other reasons, satisfy such net
tangible assets or minimum cash requirements.
Limitation
on Redemption Upon Completion of Our Initial Business Combination
If We Seek Shareholder Approval
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination
and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended
and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder
or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the
Exchange Act), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to Excess Shares without our prior consent. We believe
this restriction will discourage shareholders from accumulating large blocks of shares, and subsequent attempts by such holders to use
their ability to exercise their redemption rights against a proposed business combination as a means to force us or our management to
purchase their shares at a significant premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. Absent this provision,
a public shareholder holding more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in the offering could threaten to exercise its redemption
rights if such holder’s shares are not purchased by us, our sponsor or our management at a premium to the then-current market price
or on other undesirable terms. By limiting our shareholders’ ability to redeem no more than 15% of the shares sold in the offering
without our prior consent, we believe we will limit the ability of a small group of shareholders to unreasonably attempt to block our
ability to complete our initial business combination, particularly in connection with a business combination with a target that requires
as a closing condition that we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash.
However,
we would not be restricting our shareholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our
initial business combination.
Delivering
Share Certificates in Connection with the Exercise of Redemption Rights
As
described above, we intend to require our public shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders
or hold their shares in “street name,” to, at the holder’s option, either deliver their share certificates to our transfer
agent or deliver their shares to our transfer agent electronically using the Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal
At Custodian) system, prior to the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable. In the case of proxy
materials, this date may be up to two business days prior to the scheduled vote on the proposal to approve the initial business
combination. In addition, if we conduct redemptions in connection with a shareholder vote, we intend to require a public shareholder
seeking redemption of its public shares to also submit a written request for redemption to our transfer agent two business days
prior to the scheduled vote in which the name of the beneficial owner of such shares is included. The proxy materials or tender offer
documents, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will
indicate whether we are requiring public shareholders to satisfy such delivery requirements. Accordingly, a public shareholder would
have up to two business days prior to the scheduled vote on the initial business combination if we distribute proxy materials,
or from the time we send out our tender offer materials until the close of the tender offer period, as applicable, to submit or tender
its shares if it wishes to seek to exercise its redemption rights. In the event that a shareholder fails to comply with these or any
other procedures disclosed in the proxy or tender offer materials, as applicable, its shares may not be redeemed. Given the relatively
short exercise period, it is advisable for shareholders to use electronic delivery of their public shares.
12
There
is a nominal cost associated with the above-referenced process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the
DWAC system. The transfer agent will typically charge the broker submitting or tendering shares a fee of approximately $100 and it would
be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming holder. However, this fee would be incurred regardless of whether
or not we require holders seeking to exercise redemption rights to submit or tender their shares. The need to deliver shares is a requirement
of exercising redemption rights regardless of the timing of when such delivery must be effectuated.
Any
request to redeem such shares, once made, may be withdrawn at any time up to the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer
documents, as applicable. Furthermore, if a holder of a public share delivered its certificate in connection with an election of redemption
rights and subsequently decides prior to the applicable date not to elect to exercise such rights, such holder may simply request that
the transfer agent return the certificate (physically or electronically). It is anticipated that the funds to be distributed to holders
of our public shares electing to redeem their shares will be distributed promptly after the completion of our initial business combination.
If
our initial business combination is not approved or completed for any reason, then our public shareholders who elected to exercise their
redemption rights would not be entitled to redeem their shares for the applicable pro rata share of the trust account. In such case,
we will promptly return any certificates delivered by public holders who elected to redeem their shares.
If
our initial proposed business combination is not completed, we may continue to try to complete a business combination with a different
target until the end of the completion window.
Redemption
of Public Shares and Liquidation if No Initial Business Combination
Our
amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that we will have only the duration of the completion window to complete
our initial business combination. If we have not completed our initial business combination within such time period, we will (i) cease
all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days
thereafter (and subject to lawfully available funds therefor), redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal
to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (which
interest shall be net of taxes and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then-outstanding
public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to
receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following
such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in
each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our rights, which will expire worthless if we fail to
complete our initial business combination within the completion window.
Our
sponsor, officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have waived their rights to liquidating
distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares held by them if we fail to complete our initial business combination
within the completion window, although they will entitled to liquidating distributions from assets outside the trust account. However,
if our sponsor or management team acquire public shares in or after the offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions
from the trust account with respect to such public shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the allotted
completion window.
Our
sponsor, officers and directors have agreed, pursuant to a written agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our
amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption
in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business
combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights
or pre-initial business combination activity, in each case unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their
public shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit
in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (less taxes payable, other than any excise or
similar tax that may be due or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. The non-managing sponsor investors
are not required to (i) hold any units, Class A ordinary shares or public rights they may purchase in the offering or thereafter
for any amount of time, (ii) vote any Class A ordinary shares they may own at the applicable time in favor of our initial business
combination or (iii) refrain from exercising their right to redeem their public shares at the time of our initial business combination.
The non-managing sponsor investors will have the same rights to the funds held in the trust account with respect to the Class A
ordinary shares underlying the units they may purchase in the offering as the rights afforded to our other public shareholders. None
of the non-managing sponsor members have expressed an interest in purchasing units in the public offering. However, whether or not the
non-managing sponsor investors purchase any units in this public offering or in the open market after the offering, the non-managing
sponsor investors will have different interests than our other public shareholders in approving our initial business combination and
otherwise exercising their rights as public shareholders because of their indirect ownership of founder shares and private placement
warrants as further discussed in this Report.
13
We
expect that all costs and expenses associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, as well as payments to any creditors, will be
funded from amounts remaining out of the approximately $650,000 of proceeds held outside the trust account, although we cannot assure
you that there will be sufficient funds for such purpose. However, if those funds are not sufficient to cover the costs and expenses
associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, to the extent that there is any interest accrued in the trust account not required
to pay taxes on interest income earned on the trust account balance, we may request the trustee to release to us an additional amount
of up to $100,000 of such accrued interest to pay those costs and expenses.
If we were to expend all of the net proceeds of the offering and the
sale of the private placement warrants, other than the proceeds deposited in the trust account, and without taking into account interest,
if any, earned on the trust account, the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders upon our dissolution would be approximately
$10.00. The proceeds deposited in the trust account could, however, become subject to the claims of our creditors which would have higher
priority than the claims of our public shareholders. We cannot assure you that the actual per-share redemption amount received by shareholders
will not be substantially less than $10.00. While we intend to pay such amounts, if any, we cannot assure you that we will have funds
sufficient to pay or provide for all creditors’ claims.
Although we will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective
target businesses and other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim
of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of our public shareholders, there is no guarantee that they
will execute such agreements or even if they execute such agreements that they would be prevented from bringing claims against the trust
account including but not limited to fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims
challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gain an advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including
the funds held in the trust account. If any third party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the
trust account, our management will consider whether competitive alternatives are reasonably available to us and will only enter into an
agreement with such third party if management believes that such third party’s engagement would be in the best interests of the
company under the circumstances. Examples of possible instances where we may engage a third party that refuses to execute a waiver include
the engagement of a third party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management to be significantly superior
to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is unable to find a service provider willing
to execute a waiver. Withum Smith+Brown, PC, our independent registered public accounting firm, and the underwriters of the offering will
not execute agreements with us waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account. In addition, there is no guarantee that such
entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or
agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason. In order to protect the amounts held in the trust
account, our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or
products sold to us (except for the Company’s independent auditors), or a prospective target business with which we have entered
into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds
in the trust account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in
the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account, if less than $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value
of the trust assets, less taxes payable (other than any excise or similar tax that may be due or payable), provided that such liability
will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies
held in the trust account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters
of the offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However, we have not asked our sponsor to
reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor have we independently verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its
indemnity obligations and we believe that our sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company. Therefore, we cannot assure you
that our sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. As a result, if any such claims were successfully made against the trust
account, the funds available for our initial business combination and redemptions could be reduced to less than $10.00 per public share.
In such event, we may not be able to complete our initial business combination, and you would receive such lesser amount per share in
connection with any redemption of your public shares. None of our officers or directors will indemnify us for claims by third parties
including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.
14
In
the event that the proceeds in the trust account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual
amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account if less than $10.00 per share
due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case less taxes payable (other than any excise or similar tax that may be
due or payable), and our sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy its indemnification obligations or that it has no indemnification
obligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine whether to take legal action against our sponsor
to enforce its indemnification obligations. While we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf
against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their
business judgment may choose not to do so in any particular instance if, for example, the cost of such legal action is deemed by the
independent directors to be too high relative to the amount recoverable or if the independent directors determine that a favorable outcome
is not likely. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that due to claims of creditors the actual value of the per-share redemption price will
not be less than $10.00 per share.
We will seek to reduce the possibility that our sponsor will have to
indemnify the trust account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses
or other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to
monies held in the trust account. Our sponsor will also not be liable as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of the
offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. We will have access to up to approximately $650,000
from the proceeds of the offering with which to pay any such potential claims (including costs and expenses incurred in connection with
our liquidation, currently estimated to be no more than approximately $100,000). In the event that we liquidate and it is subsequently
determined that the reserve for claims and liabilities is insufficient, shareholders who received funds from our trust account could be
liable for claims made by creditors. In the event that our offering expenses exceed our estimate of $600,000, we may fund such excess
with funds from the funds not to be held in the trust account. In such case, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust
account would decrease by a corresponding amount. Conversely, in the event that the offering expenses are less than our estimate of $600,000,
the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would increase by a corresponding amount.
If
we file a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed against us that is not dismissed,
the proceeds held in the trust account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law, and may be included in our bankruptcy
estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our shareholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims
deplete the trust account, we cannot assure you we will be able to return $10.00 per share to our public shareholders. Additionally,
if we file a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed against us that is not dismissed,
any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy/insolvency laws as either
a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance, preference or disposition.” As a result, a liquidator
or bankruptcy or other court could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders. Furthermore, our board of directors
may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to us or our creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith, and thereby exposing itself
and our company to claims of punitive damages, by paying public shareholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of
creditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons.
Our
public shareholders will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account only (i) in the event of the redemption of our public
shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window, (ii) in connection with a shareholder
vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation
to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete
our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’
rights or pre-initial business combination activity or (iii) if they redeem their respective shares for cash upon the completion
of our initial business combination, subject to applicable law and any limitations (including but not limited to cash requirements) created
by the terms of the proposed business combination. In no other circumstances will a shareholder have any right or interest of any kind
to or in the trust account. In the event we seek shareholder approval in connection with our initial business combination, a shareholder’s
voting in connection with the business combination alone will not result in a shareholder’s redeeming its shares to us for an applicable
pro rata share of the trust account. Such shareholder must have also exercised its redemption rights described above. These provisions
of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, like all provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association, may be amended with a shareholder vote.
15
Competition
In
identifying, evaluating and selecting a target business for our initial business combination, we may encounter competition from other
entities having a business objective similar to ours, including other special purpose acquisition companies, private equity groups and
leveraged buyout funds, public companies and operating businesses seeking strategic acquisitions. Many of these entities are well established
and have extensive experience identifying and effecting business combinations directly or through affiliates. Moreover, many of these
competitors possess similar or greater financial, technical, human and other resources than us. Our ability to acquire larger target
businesses will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition
of a target business. Furthermore, our obligation to pay cash in connection with our public shareholders who exercise their redemption
rights may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business combination and our issued and outstanding rights, and the future
dilution they potentially represent, may not be viewed favorably by certain target businesses. Either of these factors may place us at
a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating an initial business combination.
Facilities
We
currently utilize office space at 2445 Augustine Dr., STE 150, Santa Clara, CA 95054 provided by an affiliate of our sponsor. We
will reimburse our sponsor or an affiliate thereof in an amount equal to $10,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial
and administrative support made available to us. Upon completion of our initial business combination or our liquidation, we will cease
paying these monthly fees. We consider our current office space adequate for our current operations.
Employees
We
have two executive officers. These individuals are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our matters and intend to
devote only as much time as they deem necessary to our affairs. The amount of time they will devote in any time period will vary based
on whether a target business has been selected for the business combination and the stage of the business combination process the company
is in. Accordingly, once management locates a suitable target business to acquire, they will spend more time investigating such target
business and negotiating and processing the business combination (and consequently spend more time to our affairs) than they would prior
to locating a suitable target business. We presently expect our executive officers to devote such amount of time as they reasonably believe
is necessary to our business (which could range from only a few hours a week while we are trying to locate a potential target business
to a majority of their time as we move into serious negotiations with a target business for a business combination). We do not intend
to have any full time employees prior to the consummation of a business combination.
Periodic
Reporting and Financial Information
We
have registered our units, Class A ordinary shares and warrants under the Exchange Act and have reporting obligations, including
the requirement that we file annual, quarterly and current reports with the SEC. In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act,
our annual reports will contain financial statements audited and reported on by our independent registered public accountants.
We
will provide shareholders with audited financial statements of the prospective target business as part of the proxy solicitation materials
or tender offer documents sent to shareholders to assist them in assessing the target business. In all likelihood, these financial statements
will need to be prepared in accordance with, or reconciled to, GAAP or IFRS, depending on the circumstances, and the historical financial
statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. These financial statement requirements may
limit the pool of potential target businesses we may conduct an initial business combination with because some targets may be unable
to provide such financial statements in time for us to disclose such financial statements in accordance with federal proxy rules and
complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame. We cannot assure you that any particular target business
identified by us as a potential business combination candidate will have financial statements prepared in accordance with the requirements
outlined above, or that the potential target business will be able to prepare its financial statements in accordance with the requirements
outlined above. To the extent that these requirements cannot be met, we may not be able to acquire the proposed target business. While
this may limit the pool of potential business combination candidates, we do not believe that this limitation will be material.
16
We
will be required to evaluate our internal control procedures for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. Only in the event we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer, and no longer qualify as an emerging growth
company, will we be required to have our internal control procedures audited. A target business may not be in compliance with the provisions
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacy of their internal controls. The development of the internal controls of any such entity
to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such business combination.
We
have filed a Registration Statement on Form 8-A with the SEC to voluntarily register our securities under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act. As a result, we are subject to the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act. We have no current
intention of filing a Form 15 to suspend our reporting or other obligations under the Exchange Act prior or subsequent to the
consummation of our initial business combination.
We
are a Cayman Islands exempted company. Exempted companies are Cayman Islands companies conducting business mainly outside the Cayman
Islands and, as such, are exempted from complying with certain provisions of the Companies Act. As an exempted company, we have applied
for and received a tax exemption undertaking from the Cayman Islands government that, in accordance with Section 6 of the Tax Concessions
Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands, for a period of 30 years from the date of the undertaking, no law which is enacted in the
Cayman Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations will apply to us or our operations and, in addition,
that no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax will
be payable (i) on or in respect of our shares, debentures or other obligations or (ii) by way of the withholding in whole or
in part of a payment of dividends or other distribution of income or capital by us to our shareholders or a payment of principal or interest
or other sums due under a debenture or other obligation of us. We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of
the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting
requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited
to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure
obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding
a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the
prices of our securities may be more volatile.
In
addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended
transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards.
In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards
would otherwise apply to private companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.
We
will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth
anniversary of the completion of the IPO, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.235 billion, or (c) in
which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Class A ordinary shares that are held by
non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion
in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period.
Additionally,
we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting
companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years
of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the
market value of our Class A ordinary shares held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $250 million as of the end of that year’s
second fiscal quarter, or (2) our annual revenues equaled or exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the
market value of our Class A ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of that year’s
second fiscal quarter.
Legal
Proceedings
There
is no material litigation, arbitration or governmental proceeding currently pending against us or any members of our management team
in their capacities as such.
17
Item 1A.
RISK FACTORS
An
investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully all of the risks described below, together
with the other information contained in the annual report, before making a decision to invest in our units. If any of the following events
occur, our business, financial condition and operating results may be materially adversely affected. In that event, the trading price
of our securities could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment.
Risks
Relating to our Search for, and Consummation of or Inability to Consummate, a Business Combination
Our
public shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed initial business combination, and even if we hold a vote,
holders of our founder shares will participate in such vote, which means we may complete our initial business combination even though
a majority of our public shareholders do not support such a combination.
We
may choose not to hold a shareholder vote to approve our initial business combination unless the business combination would require shareholder
approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements. In such case, the decision as to whether we will seek shareholder
approval of a proposed business combination or will allow shareholders to sell their shares to us in a tender offer will be made by us,
solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors, such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the
transaction would otherwise require us to seek shareholder approval. Even if we seek shareholder approval, the holders of our founder
shares will participate in the vote on such approval. Accordingly, we may complete our initial business combination even if holders of
a majority of our ordinary shares do not approve of the business combination we complete. Please see the section entitled “Proposed
Business — Shareholders May Not Have the Ability to Approve Our Initial Business Combination” for additional information.
If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our initial shareholders and management team have agreed to vote in
favor of such initial business combination, regardless of how our public shareholders vote.
Our initial shareholders will own 25% of our issued and outstanding
ordinary shares immediately following the completion of the offering (assuming our initial shareholders do not purchase any units in the
offering).
Our initial shareholders and management team also may from time to
time purchase Class A ordinary shares prior to our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association provide that, if we seek shareholder approval of an initial business combination, such initial business combination will
be approved if we receive an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association,
which requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in
person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company. Assuming that only the holders of one-third
of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, representing a quorum under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association,
vote their ordinary shares at a general meeting of the company, we will not need any public shares in addition to our founder shares to
be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to approve an initial business combination. However, if our initial business
combination is structured as a statutory merger or consolidation with another company under Cayman Islands law, the approval of our initial
business combination will require a special resolution, which requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by
such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting
of the company. Accordingly, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, the agreement by our initial shareholders
and management team to vote in favor of our initial business combination will increase the likelihood that an ordinary resolution will
be passed, being the requisite shareholder approval for such initial business combination.
Your
only opportunity to effect your investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to the exercise of your
right to redeem your shares from us for cash.
At
the time of your investment in us, you will not be provided with an opportunity to evaluate the specific merits or risks of our initial
business combination. Since our board of directors may complete a business combination without seeking shareholder approval, public shareholders
may not have the right or opportunity to vote on the business combination, unless we seek such shareholder vote. Accordingly, your only
opportunity to effect your investment decision regarding our initial business combination may be limited to exercising your redemption
rights within the period of time (which will be at least 20 business days) set forth in our tender offer documents mailed to
our public shareholders in which we describe our initial business combination. The amount of the deferred underwriting commissions payable
to the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in connection with an initial business combination. The per
share amount we will distribute to shareholders who properly exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting
commission and after such redemptions, the per-share value of shares held by non-redeeming shareholders will reflect our obligation to
pay the deferred underwriting commissions.
18
The
ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial
condition unattractive to potential business combination targets, which may make it difficult
for us to enter into a business combination with a target.
We
may seek to enter into a business combination transaction agreement with a minimum cash requirement for (i) cash consideration to
be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash for working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) the retention
of cash to satisfy other conditions. If too many public shareholders exercise their redemption rights, we would not be able to meet such
closing condition and, as a result, would not be able to proceed with the business combination. Consequently, if accepting all properly
submitted redemption requests would not allow us to satisfy a closing condition as described above, we would not proceed with such redemption
and the related business combination and may instead search for an alternate business combination. Prospective targets will be aware
of these risks and, thus, may be reluctant to enter into a business combination transaction with us.
The
ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares and the amount of deferred
underwriting compensation may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure, and
may substantially dilute your investment in us.
At
the time we enter into an agreement for our initial business combination, we will not know how many shareholders may exercise their redemption
rights, and therefore will need to structure the transaction based on our expectations as to the number of shares that will be submitted
for redemption. If our initial business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the trust account to pay the
purchase price, or requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, we will need to reserve a portion of the cash in the trust
account to meet such requirements, or arrange for third party financing. In addition, if a larger number of shares are submitted for
redemption than we initially expected, we may need to restructure the transaction to reserve a greater portion of the cash in the trust
account or arrange for third party financing. Raising additional third party financing may involve dilutive equity issuances or the incurrence
of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. Furthermore, this dilution would increase to the extent that the anti-dilution provision
of the Class B ordinary shares results in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion
of the Class B ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination. In addition, the amount of the deferred underwriting
compensation payable to the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in connection with an initial business
combination. The per share amount we will distribute to shareholders who properly exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced
by the deferred underwriting compensation and after such redemptions, the amount held in trust will continue to reflect our obligation
to pay the entire deferred underwriting compensation. The above considerations may limit our ability to complete the most desirable business
combination available to us or optimize our capital structure. As a result, our obligations to redeem public shares for which redemption
is requested and to pay the deferred underwriting commissions may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination or
optimize our capital structure.
In
addition, raising additional third-party financing may involve dilutive equity issuances or the incurrence of indebtedness at higher
than desirable levels. Furthermore, this dilution would increase to the extent that the anti-dilution provisions of the Class B
ordinary shares result in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B
ordinary shares at the time of our business combination. The above considerations may limit our ability to complete the most desirable
business combination available to us or optimize our capital structure and may result in substantial dilution from your purchase of our
Class A ordinary shares. The effect of this dilution will be greater for shareholders who do not redeem. The amount of the deferred
underwriting compensation payable to the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in connection with an initial
business combination, which may further dilute your investment. The per-share amount we will distribute to shareholders who properly
exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting compensation and after such redemptions, the per-share
value of shares held by non-redeeming shareholders will reflect our obligation to pay the deferred underwriting compensation. We may
not be able to generate sufficient value from the completion of our initial business combination in order to overcome the dilutive impact
of these and other factors, and, accordingly, you may incur a net loss on your investment. Please see “ — Risks Relating
to Our Securities — The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsor for the founder shares may result in significant dilution
to the implied value of your public shares upon the consummation of our initial business combination, and our sponsor is likely to make
a substantial profit on its investment in us in the event we consummate an initial business combination, even if the business combination
causes the trading price of our ordinary shares to materially decline .”
The
ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares could increase the probability
that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem your shares.
If
our initial business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the trust account to pay the purchase price, or
requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful
is increased. If our initial business combination is unsuccessful, you would not receive your pro rata portion of the funds in the trust
account until we liquidate the trust account. If you are in need of immediate liquidity, you could attempt to sell your shares in the
open market; however, at such time our shares may trade at a discount to the pro rata amount per share in the trust account. In either
situation, you may suffer a material loss on your investment or lose the benefit of funds expected in connection with your exercise of
redemption rights until we liquidate or you are able to sell your shares in the open market.
19
The
requirement that we complete our initial business combination within the completion window may give potential target businesses leverage
over us in negotiating a business combination and may limit the time we have in which to conduct due diligence on potential business
combination targets, in particular as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our initial
business combination on terms that would produce value for our shareholders.
Any
potential target business with which we enter into negotiations concerning a business combination will be aware that we must complete
our initial business combination within the completion window. Consequently, such target business may obtain leverage over us in negotiating
a business combination, knowing that if we do not complete our initial business combination with that particular target business, we
may be unable to complete our initial business combination with any target business. This risk will increase as we get closer to the
timeframe described above. In addition, we may have limited time to conduct due diligence and may enter into our initial business combination
on terms that we would have rejected upon a more comprehensive investigation. The length of time it may take us to complete our diligence
and negotiate a business combination may reduce the amount of time available for us to ultimately complete an initial business combination
should such diligence or negotiations not lead to a consummated initial business combination.
We may engage one or more of our underwriters
or one of their respective affiliates to provide additional services to us after the offering, which may include acting as M&A advisor
in connection with an initial business combination or as placement agent in connection with a related financing transaction. Our underwriters
are entitled to receive deferred underwriting commissions that will be released from the trust account only upon a completion of an initial
business combination. These financial incentives may cause them to have potential conflicts of interest in rendering any such additional
services to us after the offering, including, for example, in connection with the sourcing and consummation of an initial business combination.
We may engage one or more of our underwriters or one of their respective
affiliates to provide additional services to us after the offering, including, for example, identifying potential targets, providing M&A
advisory services, acting as a placement agent in a private offering or arranging debt financing transactions. We may pay such underwriter
or its affiliate fair and reasonable fees or other compensation that would be determined at that time in an arm’s length negotiation;
provided that no agreement will be entered into with any of the underwriters or their respective affiliates and no fees or other compensation
for such services will be paid to any of the underwriters or their respective affiliates prior to the date that is 60 days from the
date of this Report, unless such payment would not be deemed underwriters’ compensation in connection with the offering.
The
underwriters are also entitled to receive deferred underwriting commissions that are conditioned on the completion of an initial business
combination. The underwriters’ or their respective affiliates’ financial interests tied to the consummation of a business
combination transaction may give rise to potential conflicts of interest in providing any such additional services to us, including potential
conflicts of interest in connection with the sourcing and consummation of an initial business combination. The underwriters are under
no obligation to provide any further services to us in order to receive all or any part of the deferred underwriting commissions.
We
may not be able to complete our initial business combination within the completion window, in which case we would redeem our public shares.
We may not be able to find a suitable target business and complete
our initial business combination within the completion window after the closing of the offering. Our ability to complete our initial business
combination may be negatively impacted by general market conditions, volatility in the capital and debt markets and the other risks described
herein. If we have not completed our initial business combination within such time period, we will (i) cease all operations except
for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter (and
subject to lawfully available funds therefor), redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate
amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (which interest shall) be
net of taxes and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then-outstanding public shares,
which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further
liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption,
subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our
obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. In such case, our
public shareholders may only receive $10.00 per share, or possibly less, and our rights will have no value to the holder. In certain circumstances,
our public shareholders may receive less than $10.00 per share on the redemption of their shares. See “— If third parties
bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders
may be less than $10.00 per share” and other risk factors described in this “Risk Factors” section.
20
We
may decide not to extend the term we have to consummate our initial business combination, in which case we would redeem our public shares,
and the rights will be worthless.
We
have until the date that is 18 months from the closing of the offering or until such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors
may approve, to consummate our initial business combination. If we anticipate that we may be unable to consummate our initial business
combination within such period, we may seek shareholder approval to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association
to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination. However, we may decide not to seek to extend the date
by which we must consummate our initial business combination. If we do not seek to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial
business combination, and we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within the applicable time period, we will (i) cease
all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days
thereafter (and subject to lawfully available funds therefor), redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal
to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (which
interest shall be net of taxes and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then-outstanding
public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to
receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following
such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in
each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
In such event, the rights will be worthless.
If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates
may elect to purchase shares or public rights from public shareholders, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination
and reduce the public “float” of our Class A ordinary shares or public rights.
If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business
combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates may purchase
public shares or public rights in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion
of our initial business combination, although they are under no obligation or duty to do so. Such a purchase may include a contractual
acknowledgment that such shareholder, although still the record holder of our shares is no longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore
agrees not to exercise its redemption rights. In the event that our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates
purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions from public shareholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights,
such selling shareholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. It is intended that, if Rule 10b-18
would apply to purchases by sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates, then such purchases will comply
with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, to the extent it applies, which provides a safe harbor for purchases made under certain
conditions, including with respect to timing, pricing and volume of purchases.
Additionally,
at any time at or prior to our initial business combination, subject to applicable securities laws (including with respect to material
nonpublic information), our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates may enter into transactions with
investors and others to provide them with incentives to acquire public shares, vote their public shares in favor of our initial business
combination or not redeem their public shares. However, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions
and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions. None of the funds in the trust account will be used to purchase
public shares, or rights in such transactions.
The
purpose of any such transactions could be to (1) increase the likelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the business combination,
(2) reduce the number of public rights outstanding and/or increase the likelihood of approval on any matters submitted to the public
rights holders for approval in connection with our initial business combination or (3) satisfy a closing condition in an agreement
with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initial business combination,
where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. Any such purchases of our securities may result in the completion
of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible.
In
addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our securities may be reduced and the number of beneficial holders
of our securities may be reduced, which may make it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities
on a national securities exchange. Any such purchases will be reported pursuant to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act
to the extent such purchasers are subject to such reporting requirements. Additionally, in the event our sponsor, initial shareholders,
directors, officers and their affiliates were to purchase public shares or public rights from public shareholders, such purchases would
be structured in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act including, in pertinent part, through
adherence to the following:
●
our registration statement/proxy statement
filed for our business combination transaction would disclose the possibility that our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors,
officers and their affiliates may purchase public shares or public rights from public shareholders outside the redemption process,
along with the purpose of such purchases;
21
● if
our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates were to purchase
public shares or public rights from public shareholders, they would do so at a price no higher
than the price offered through our redemption process;
● our
registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would
include a representation that any of our securities purchased by our sponsor, initial shareholders,
directors, officers and their affiliates would not be voted in favor of approving the business
combination transaction;
● our
sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates would not possess
any redemption rights with respect to our securities or, if they do acquire and possess redemption
rights, they would waive such rights; and
● we
would disclose in a Form 8-K, before our security holder meeting to approve the business
combination transaction, the following material items:
● the
amount of our securities purchased outside of the redemption offer by our sponsor, initial
shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates, along with the purchase price;
● the
purpose of the purchases by our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their
affiliates;
● the
impact, if any, of the purchases by our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers
and their affiliates on the likelihood that the business combination transaction will be
approved;
● the
identities of our security holders who sold to our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors,
officers and their affiliates (if not purchased on the open market) or the nature of our
security holders (e.g., 5% security holders) who sold to our sponsor, initial shareholders,
directors, officers and their affiliates; and
● the
number of our securities for which we have received redemption requests pursuant to our redemption
offer.
Please
see “ Proposed Business — Permitted Purchases of Our Securities ” for a description of how such persons
will determine from which shareholders to seek to acquire securities.
If
a shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection with our initial business combination, or
fails to comply with the procedures for submitting or tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed.
We will comply with the proxy rules or tender offer rules, as applicable,
when conducting redemptions in connection with our initial business combination. Despite our compliance with these rules, if a shareholder
fails to receive our proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, such shareholder may not become aware of the opportunity
to redeem its shares. In addition, proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public
shares in connection with our initial business combination will describe the various procedures that must be complied with in order to
validly tender or submit public shares for redemption. For example, we intend to require our public shareholders seeking to exercise their
redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” to, at the holder’s option,
either deliver their share certificates to our transfer agent, or to deliver their shares to our transfer agent electronically prior to
the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable. In the case of proxy materials, this date may be up
to two business days prior to the scheduled vote on the proposal to approve the initial business combination. In addition, if
we conduct redemptions in connection with a shareholder vote, we intend to require a public shareholder seeking redemption of its public
shares to also submit a written request for redemption to our transfer agent two business days prior to the scheduled vote in
which the name of the beneficial owner of such shares is included. In the event that a shareholder fails to comply with these or any other
procedures disclosed in the proxy or tender offer materials, as applicable, its shares may not be redeemed. See the section of this Report
entitled “Proposed Business — Delivering Share Certificates in Connection with the Exercise of Redemption Rights.”
22
You
will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of other blank check companies subject to Rule 419 of the Securities
Act.
Since the net proceeds of the offering and the sale of the private
placement warrants are intended to be used to complete one or more initial business combinations with a target business or businesses
that have not been selected, we may be deemed to be a “blank check” company under the United States securities laws.
However, because we will have net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,000 upon the completion of the offering and the sale of the private
placement warrants and will file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including an audited balance sheet demonstrating this fact, we are
exempt from rules promulgated by the SEC to protect investors in blank check companies, such as Rule 419. Accordingly, investors
will not be afforded the benefits or protections of those rules. Among other things, this means our units will be immediately tradable
and we will have a longer period of time to complete our respective business combinations than do companies subject to Rule 419.
Moreover, if the offering were subject to Rule 419, that rule would prohibit the release of any interest earned on funds held in
the trust account to us unless and until the funds in the trust account were released to us or in connection with our completion of an
initial business combination.
If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules,
and if you or a “group” of shareholders are deemed to hold in excess of 15% of our Class A ordinary shares, you may
lose the ability to redeem all such shares in excess of 15% of our Class A ordinary shares.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination
and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended
and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder
or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the
Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in the
offering, which we refer to as the “Excess Shares,” without our prior consent. However, we would not be restricting our shareholders’
ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our initial business combination. Your inability to redeem
the Excess Shares will reduce your influence over our ability to complete our initial business combination and you could suffer a material
loss on your investment in us if you sell Excess Shares in open market transactions. Additionally, you will not receive redemption distributions
with respect to the Excess Shares if we complete our initial business combination. And as a result, you will continue to hold that number
of shares exceeding 15% and, in order to dispose of such shares, would be required to sell your shares in open market transactions, potentially
at a loss.
Because
of our limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us to complete
our initial business combination. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may receive
only their pro rata portion of the funds in the trust account that are available for distribution to public shareholders, and our public
rights will be worthless.
We expect to encounter competition from other entities having a business
objective similar to ours, including private investors (which may be individuals or investment partnerships), other blank check companies
and other entities, domestic and international, competing for the types of businesses we intend to acquire. Many of these individuals
and entities are well-established and have extensive experience in identifying and effecting, directly or indirectly, acquisitions of
companies operating in or providing services to various industries. Many of these competitors possess similar or greater technical, human
and other resources to ours or more local industry knowledge than we do and our financial resources will be relatively limited when contrasted
with those of many of these competitors. While we believe there are numerous target businesses we could potentially acquire with the net
proceeds of the offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, our ability to compete with respect to the acquisition of certain
target businesses that are sizable will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent competitive limitation gives others
an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of certain target businesses. Furthermore, we are obligated to offer holders of our public shares
the right to redeem their shares for cash at the time of our initial business combination in conjunction with a shareholder vote or via
a tender offer. Target companies will be aware that this may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business combination.
Any of these obligations may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating a business combination. If we are unable
to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may receive only their pro rata portion of the funds in the trust
account that are available for distribution to public shareholders, and our public rights will be worthless.
23
If the net proceeds of the offering and the
sale of the private placement warrants not being held in the trust account are insufficient to allow us to operate for at least the duration
of the completion window, it could limit the amount available to fund our search for a target business or businesses and complete our
initial business combination, and we will depend on loans from our sponsor or management team to fund our search and to complete our
initial business combination.
Of the net proceeds of the offering, only $650,000 was available to
us initially outside the trust account to fund our working capital requirements. We believe that, the funds available to us outside of
the trust account will be sufficient to allow us to operate for at least the duration of the completion window; however, we cannot assure
you that our estimate is accurate. Of the funds available to us, we could use a portion of the funds available to us to pay fees to consultants
to assist us with our search for a target business. We could also use a portion of the funds as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop”
provision (a provision in letters of intent or merger agreements designed to keep target businesses from “shopping” around
for transactions with other companies or investors on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed
business combination, although we do not have any current intention to do so. If we entered into a letter of intent or merger agreement
where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business and were subsequently required to forfeit such funds (whether
as a result of our breach or otherwise), we might not have sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conduct due diligence with respect
to, a target business.
In
the event that our offering expenses exceed our estimate of $600,000, we may fund such excess with funds not to be held in the trust
account. In such case, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would decrease by a corresponding amount. The
amount held in the trust account will not be impacted as a result of such increase or decrease. Conversely, in the event that the offering
expenses are less than our estimate of $600,000, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would increase by
a corresponding amount. If we are required to seek additional capital, we would need to borrow funds from our sponsor, management team
or other third parties to operate or may be forced to liquidate.
Neither
our sponsor, members of our management team nor any of their affiliates is under any obligation to advance funds to us in such circumstances.
Any such advances would be repaid only from funds held outside the trust account or from funds released to us upon completion of our
initial business combination. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be converted into Class B.1 private placement warrants of the post-business
combination entity at a price of $1.00 per Class B.1 private placement warrant at the option of the applicable lender. Such unit would
be identical to the public units. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties
other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide
a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination
because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to liquidate the trust account. Consequently, our public shareholders
may only receive an estimated $10.00 per share, or possibly less, on our redemption of our public shares, and our rights will be worthless.
If
third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received
by shareholders may be less than $10.00 per share.
Our placing of funds in the trust account may not protect those funds
from third party claims against us. Although we will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses and other
entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies
held in the trust account for the benefit of our public shareholders, such parties may not execute such agreements, or even if they execute
such agreements they may not be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account, including, but not limited to, fraudulent inducement,
breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case
in order to gain advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including the funds held in the trust account. If any third party
refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account, our management will consider whether competitive
alternatives are reasonably available to us and will only enter into an agreement with such third party if management believes that such
third party’s engagement would be in the best interests of the company under the circumstances. Withum Smith+Brown, PC, our independent
registered public accounting firm, and the underwriters of the offering will not execute agreements with us waiving such claims to the
monies held in the trust account.
24
Examples of possible instances where we may engage a third party that
refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third-party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management
to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is unable
to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver. In addition, there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any
claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with us and will not seek
recourse against the trust account for any reason. Upon redemption of our public shares, if we are unable to complete our initial business
combination within the prescribed timeframe, or upon the exercise of a redemption right in connection with our initial business combination,
we will be required to provide for payment of claims of creditors that were not waived that may be brought against us within the 10 years
following redemption. Accordingly, the per-share redemption amount received by public shareholders could be less than the $10.00 per public
share initially held in the trust account, due to claims of such creditors. Pursuant to the letter agreement the form of which was filed
as an exhibit to the registration statement, our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a
third party for services rendered or products sold to us (except for the Company’s independent auditors), or a prospective target
business with which we have entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination
agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual
amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account, if less than $10.00 per public
share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable (other than any excise or similar tax that may be due or
payable), provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver
of any and all rights to the monies held in the trust account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims
under our indemnity of the underwriters of the offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However,
we have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor have we independently verified whether our sponsor
has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and we believe that our sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company.
Therefore, we cannot assure you that our sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. As a result, if any such claims were successfully
made against the trust account, the funds available for our initial business combination and redemptions could be reduced to less than
$10.00 per public share. In such event, we may not be able to complete our initial business combination, and you would receive such lesser
amount per share in connection with any redemption of your public shares. None of our officers or directors will indemnify us for claims
by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.
Our
directors may decide not to enforce the indemnification obligations of our sponsor, resulting in a reduction in the amount of funds in
the trust account available for distribution to our public shareholders.
In
the event that the proceeds in the trust account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual
amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account if less than $10.00 per public
share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case less taxes payable (other than any excise or similar tax that
may be due or payable), and our sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy his obligations or that he has no indemnification obligations
related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine whether to take legal action against our sponsor to enforce
its indemnification obligations. While we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf against
our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business
judgment and subject to their fiduciary duties may choose not to do so in any particular instance if, for example, the cost of such legal
action is deemed by the independent directors to be too high relative to the amount recoverable or if the independent directors determine
that a favorable outcome is not likely. If our independent directors choose not to enforce these indemnification obligations, the amount
of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public shareholders may be reduced below $10.00 per public share.
We
may not have sufficient funds to satisfy indemnification claims of our directors and officers.
We have indemnified our officers and directors to the fullest extent
permitted by law, including for any liability incurred in their capacities as such, except through their own actual fraud, willful default
or willful neglect. However, our officers and directors have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to
any monies in the trust account and to not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason whatsoever. Accordingly, any indemnification
provided will be able to be satisfied by us only if (i) we have sufficient funds outside of the trust account or (ii) we consummate
an initial business combination. Our obligation to indemnify our officers and directors may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit
against our officers or directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood
of derivative litigation against our officers and directors, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and
our shareholders. Furthermore, a shareholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement
and damage awards against our officers and directors pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
If,
after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or an involuntary
bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, a liquidator or a bankruptcy or other court may seek to
recover such proceeds, and the members of our board of directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to us or our
creditors, thereby exposing the members of our board of directors and us to claims of punitive damages.
If,
after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or an involuntary
bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed
under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy/insolvency laws as either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent
conveyance, preference or disposition.” As a result, a liquidator or a bankruptcy or other court could seek to recover some or
all amounts received by our shareholders. In addition, our board of directors may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to
us or our creditors and/or having acted in bad faith, thereby exposing itself and us to claims of punitive damages, by paying public
shareholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of creditors.
25
If,
before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or an involuntary
bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the claims of creditors in such proceeding may have priority
over the claims of our shareholders and the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our shareholders in connection with
our liquidation may be reduced.
If,
before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or an involuntary
bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the trust account could be subject
to applicable bankruptcy law, and may be included in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over
the claims of our shareholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the trust account, the per-share amount that would otherwise
be received by our shareholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.
Changes
in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws and regulations, may adversely affect our business, including our ability
to negotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of operations.
We
are subject to laws and regulations enacted by national, regional and local governments. In particular, we will be required to comply
with certain SEC and other legal requirements and numerous complex tax laws. Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws and
regulations may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also
change from time to time and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, investments and results of operations.
In addition, a failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect
on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of operations.
On
January 24, 2024, the SEC adopted a series of new rules relating to SPACs (the “SPAC Rules”) requiring, among other
items, (i) additional disclosures relating to SPAC business combination transactions; (ii) additional disclosures relating
to dilution and to conflicts of interest involving sponsors and their affiliates in both SPAC initial public offerings and de-SPAC transactions;
(iii) the use of projections by SPACs in SEC filings in connection with proposed business combination transactions; and (iv) both
the SPAC and the target company’s status as co-registrants on de-SPAC registration statements.
In
addition, the SEC’s adopting release provided guidance describing circumstances in which a SPAC could become subject to regulation
under the Investment Company Act, including its duration, asset composition, business purpose, and the activities of the SPAC and its
management team in furtherance of such goals.
Compliance
with the SPAC Rules and related guidance may increase the costs of and the time needed to negotiate and complete an initial business
combination and may constrain the circumstances under which we could complete an initial business combination.
If
we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements
and our activities may be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial business combination.
As
described in the risk factor above entitled “ Changes in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws and regulations,
may adversely affect our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of operations. ”,
the SEC’s adopting release with respect to the SPAC Rules provided guidance describing the extent to which SPACs could become
subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act and the regulations thereunder. Whether a SPAC is an investment company will be
a question of facts and circumstances. If our facts and circumstances change over time, we will update our disclosure to reflect how
those changes impact the risk that we may be considered to be operating as an unregistered investment company. We can give no assurance
that a claim will not be made that we have been operating as an unregistered investment company.
If
we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may have to change our operations, wind down our operations,
or register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Our activities may be restricted, including:
● restrictions
on the nature of our investments; and
● restrictions
on the issuance of securities, each of which may make it difficult for us to complete our
initial business combination.
We
may also have imposed upon us burdensome requirements, including:
● registration
as an investment company;
● adoption
of a specific form of corporate structure; and
● reporting,
record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and other rules and regulations.
26
In
order not to be regulated as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, unless we can qualify for an exclusion, we must
ensure that we are engaged primarily in a business other than investing, reinvesting or trading in securities and that our activities
do not include investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading “investment securities” constituting more than 40% of our
total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. We are mindful of the SEC’s
investment company definition and guidance and intend to identify and complete an initial business combination with an operating business,
and not with an investment company, or to acquire minority interests in other businesses exceeding the permitted threshold.
We
do not believe that our anticipated activities will subject us to the Investment Company Act. To this end, the proceeds held in the trust
account will initially be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money
market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government
treasury obligations; the holding of these assets in this form is intended to be temporary and for the sole purpose of facilitating the
intended business combination. To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment
Company Act, which risk increases the longer that we hold investments in the trust account, we may, at any time (based on our management
team’s ongoing assessment of all factors related to our potential status under the Investment Company Act), instruct the trustee
to liquidate the investments held in the trust account and instead to hold the funds in the trust account in cash or in an interest bearing
demand deposit account at a bank.
Pursuant to the trust agreement, the trustee is not permitted to invest
in securities or assets other than as described above. By restricting the investment of the proceeds to these instruments, and by having
a business plan targeted at acquiring and growing businesses for the long term (rather than on buying and selling businesses in the manner
of a merchant bank or private equity fund), we intend to avoid being deemed an “investment company” within the meaning of
the Investment Company Act. The offering is not intended for persons who are seeking a return on investments in government securities
or investment securities. The trust account is intended solely as a temporary depository for funds pending the earliest to occur of: (i) the
completion of our initial business combination; (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a
shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) in a manner that would affect the substance
or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion
window; or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares or pre-initial
business combination activity; or (iii) absent an initial business combination within the completion window, from the closing of
the offering, our return of the funds held in the trust account to our public shareholders as part of our redemption of the public shares.
We
are aware of litigation claiming that certain SPACs should be considered to be investment companies. Although we believe that these claims
were without merit, we cannot guarantee that we will not be deemed to be an investment company and thus subject to the Investment Company
Act. If we were deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act, compliance with these additional regulatory burdens would require
additional expenses for which we have not allotted funds and may hinder our ability to complete an initial business combination or may
result in our winding down our operations and our liquidation. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public
shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share on the liquidation of our trust account and our public rights will be worthless,
and our public shareholders would also lose the possibility of an investment opportunity in a target company as well as any potential
price appreciation in the combined company following a business combination.
27
To
mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we may, at any time
(based on our management team’s ongoing assessment of all factors related to our potential status under the Investment Company
Act), instruct the trustee to liquidate the investments held in the trust account and instead to hold the funds in the trust account
in an interest bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of the consummation of an initial business combination or our
liquidation. As a result, following the liquidation of investments in the trust account, we will likely receive less interest on the
funds held in the trust account than we would have had the trust account remained as initially invested, such that our public shareholders
would receive less upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company than what they would have received had the investments not been
liquidated.
The funds to be held in the trust account will, following the offering,
be initially held only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less, in money market funds investing
solely in U.S. government treasury obligations and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company
Act and in cash or cash like items (including demand deposit accounts) at a bank. However, to mitigate the risk of us being deemed to
be an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act)
and thus subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, we may, at any time (based on our management team’s ongoing assessment
of all factors related to our potential status under the Investment Company Act), instruct Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, the trustee with respect to the trust account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds
held in the trust account and thereafter to hold all funds in the trust account in an interest bearing demand deposit account at a bank
until the earlier of the consummation of our initial business combination or our liquidation. Following such liquidation, we will likely
receive less interest on the funds held in the trust account than we would earn if the trust account remained invested in U.S. government
treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. government treasury
obligations and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act. However, interest previously earned
on the funds held in the trust account still may be released to us to pay our taxes, if any, and certain other expenses as permitted.
As a result, any decision to liquidate the investments held in the trust account and thereafter to hold all funds in the trust account
in an interest-bearing demand deposit at a bank could reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption
or liquidation of the Company as compared to what they would have received had the investments not been so liquidated.
In
addition, we may still be deemed to be an investment company. The longer that the funds in the trust account are held in short-term U.S. government
treasury obligations or in money market funds invested exclusively in such securities, the greater the risk that we may be deemed to
be an unregistered investment company, in which case we may be required to liquidate. If our facts and circumstances change over time,
we will update our disclosure to reflect how those changes impact the risk that we may be considered to be operating as an unregistered
investment company. As disclosed above, we may determine, in our discretion, to liquidate the securities held in the trust account at
any time and instead hold all funds in the trust account in an interest bearing demand deposit account or as cash or cash items at a
bank, which could further reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company
as compared to what they would have received had the investments not been so liquidated. Were we to liquidate the Company, our rights
would be worthless, and our securityholders would lose the investment opportunity associated with an investment in the target company
with which we could have consummated an initial business combination. In addition, upon moving the funds from the trust account to a
deposit account, we will maintain the cash items in bank accounts which, at times, may exceed federally insured limits as guaranteed
by the FDIC. While we intend to place our deposits in high-quality banks, only a small portion of the funds in our trust account
will be guaranteed by the FDIC.
28
Our
search for an initial business combination, and any target business with which we may ultimately consummate an initial business combination,
may be materially adversely affected by current global geopolitical conditions resulting from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and
the recent escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and Southwest Asia.
United States
and global markets are experiencing volatility and disruption following the geopolitical instability resulting from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict
and the recent escalation of conflict in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. In response to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict,
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (“NATO”) deployed additional military forces to eastern Europe, and the United States,
the United Kingdom, the European Union and other countries have announced various sanctions and restrictive actions against Russia, Belarus
and related individuals and entities, including the removal of certain financial institutions from the Society for Worldwide Interbank
Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) payment system. Certain countries, including the United States, have also provided and may continue
to provide military aid or other assistance to Ukraine and to Israel, or have undertaken or will undertake military strikes in Southwest
Asia, increasing geopolitical tensions among a number of nations. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the escalation of the conflict
in the Middle East and Southwest Asia and the resulting measures that have been taken, and could be taken in the future, by NATO, the
United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Israel and its neighboring states and other countries have created global
security concerns that could have a lasting impact on regional and global economies. Although the length and impact of the ongoing conflicts
are highly unpredictable, they could lead to market disruptions, including significant volatility in commodity prices, credit and capital
markets, as well as supply chain interruptions and increased cyber-attacks against U.S. companies. Additionally, any resulting
sanctions could adversely affect the global economy and financial markets and lead to instability and lack of liquidity in capital markets.
Any
of the abovementioned factors, or any other negative impact on the global economy, capital markets or other geopolitical conditions resulting
from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and Southwest Asia and subsequent sanctions or
related actions, could adversely affect our search for an initial business combination and any target business with which we may ultimately
consummate an initial business combination.
The
extent and duration of the ongoing conflicts, resulting sanctions and any related market disruptions are impossible to predict, but could
be substantial, particularly if current or new sanctions continue for an extended period of time or if geopolitical tensions result in
expanded military operations on a global scale. Any such disruptions may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks
described in this section. If these disruptions or other matters of global concern continue for an extensive period of time, our ability
to consummate an initial business combination, or the operations of a target business with which we may ultimately consummate an initial
business combination, may be materially adversely affected.
Military
or other conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East and Southwest Asia or elsewhere may lead to increased volume and price volatility for
publicly traded securities, or affect the operations or financial condition of potential target companies, which could make it more difficult
for us to consummate an initial business combination.
Military
or other conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East, Southwest Asia or elsewhere may lead to increased volume and price volatility for publicly
traded securities, or affect the operations or financial condition of potential target companies, and to other company or industry-specific,
national, regional or international economic disruptions and economic uncertainty, any of which could make it more difficult for us to
identify a business combination target and consummate an initial business combination on acceptable commercial terms, or at all.
If
we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within the completion window, our public shareholders may be forced to wait
beyond 18 months before redemption from our trust account.
If
we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within the completion window, the proceeds then on deposit in the trust
account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (less taxes payable, other than any excise or similar tax that
may be due or payable, and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), will be used to fund the redemption of our public
shares, as further described herein. Any redemption of public shareholders from the trust account will be effected automatically by function
of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association prior to any voluntary winding up. If we are required to wind-up,
liquidate the trust account and distribute such amount therein, pro rata, to our public shareholders, as part of any liquidation process,
such winding up, liquidation and distribution must comply with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act. In that case, investors
may be forced to wait beyond the end of the completion window before the redemption proceeds of our trust account become available to
them, and they receive the return of their pro rata portion of the proceeds from our trust account. We have no obligation to return funds
to investors prior to the date of our redemption or liquidation unless we consummate our initial business combination prior thereto and
only then in cases where investors have sought to redeem their Class A ordinary shares. Only upon our redemption or any liquidation
will public shareholders be entitled to distributions if we are unable to complete our initial business combination.
29
Our
shareholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against us to the extent of distributions received by them upon redemption
of their shares.
If
we are forced to enter into an insolvent liquidation, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed as an unlawful payment
if it was proved that immediately following the date on which the distribution was made, we were unable to pay our debts as they fall
due in the ordinary course of business. As a result, a liquidator could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders.
Furthermore, our directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to us or our creditors and/or may have acted in bad
faith, thereby exposing themselves and our company to claims, by paying public shareholders from the trust account prior to addressing
the claims of creditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons. We and our directors and
officers who knowingly and willfully authorized or permitted any distribution to be paid out of our share premium account while we were
unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business would be guilty of an offence and may be liable to a fine
of $18,293 and to imprisonment for five years in the Cayman Islands.
We
may not hold an annual general meeting until after the consummation of our initial business combination, which could delay the opportunity
for our public shareholders to discuss company affairs with management, and the holders of our Class A ordinary shares will not
have the right to vote on the appointment or removal of directors or continuing the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands
until after the consummation of our initial business combination.
In
accordance with Nasdaq corporate governance requirements, we are not required to hold an annual general meeting until no later than one
year after our first fiscal year end following our listing on Nasdaq. There is no requirement under the Companies Act for us to hold
annual or extraordinary general meetings to appoint directors. Until we hold an annual general meeting, public shareholders may not be
afforded the opportunity to discuss company affairs with management. Our board of directors is divided into three classes with only one
class of directors being appointed in each year and each class (except for those directors appointed prior to our first annual general
meeting) serving a three-year term. In addition, as holders of our Class A ordinary shares, our public shareholders will not have
the right to vote on the appointment or removal of directors or continuing the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands until
after the consummation of our initial business combination.
Because
we are neither limited to evaluating a target business in a particular industry sector nor have we selected any target businesses with
which to pursue our initial business combination, you will be unable to ascertain the merits or risks of any particular target business’s
operations.
Our
efforts to identify a prospective initial business combination target will not be limited to a particular industry, sector or geographic
region. While we may pursue an initial business combination opportunity in any industry or sector, we intend to capitalize on the ability
of our management team to identify and acquire a business or businesses that can benefit from our management team’s established
global relationships and operating experience. We intend to focus our search on opportunities where we believe we can capitalize on the
experience and expertise of our management team to identify, acquire and potentially operate a business in the technology sector, with
a focus on semiconductors and systems solutions. Initially, we will look at companies that are poised for growth, led by a highly regarded
management team, with an enterprise value in the range of $200-$500 million. Our management team has extensive experience in identifying
and executing strategic investments globally and has done so successfully in a number of sectors. Our amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association prohibits us from effectuating a business combination solely with another blank check company or similar
company with nominal operations.
Because
we have not yet selected any specific target business with respect to a business combination, there is no basis to evaluate the possible
merits or risks of any particular target business’s operations, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity, financial condition
or prospects. To the extent we complete our initial business combination, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the business
operations with which we combine. For example, if we combine with a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established
record of sales or earnings, we may be affected by the risks inherent in the business and operations of a financially unstable or a development
stage entity. In recent years, a number of target businesses have underperformed financially post-business combination. There are
no assurances that the target business with which we consummate our initial business combination will perform as anticipated. Although
our officers and directors will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we cannot assure you that we
will properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors or that we will have adequate time to complete due diligence. Furthermore,
some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will
adversely impact a target business. We also cannot assure you that an investment in our units will ultimately prove to be more favorable
to investors than a direct investment, if such opportunity were available, in a business combination target. Accordingly, any shareholders
who choose to remain shareholders following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such
shareholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value unless they are able to successfully claim that the reduction
was due to the breach by our officers or directors of a duty of care or other fiduciary duty owed to them, or if they are able to successfully
bring a private claim under securities laws that the proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, relating to the business
combination contained an actionable material misstatement or material omission.
30
We
may seek business combination opportunities in industries or sectors that may be outside of our management’s areas of expertise.
We will consider a business combination outside of our management’s
areas of expertise if a business combination candidate is presented to us and we determine that such candidate offers an attractive business
combination opportunity for our company. Although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in any particular business
combination candidate, we cannot assure you that we will adequately ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors. We also cannot
assure you that an investment in our units will not ultimately prove to be less favorable to investors in the offering than a direct investment,
if an opportunity were available, in a business combination candidate. In the event we elect to pursue a business combination outside
of the areas of our management’s expertise, our management’s expertise may not be directly applicable to its evaluation or
operation, and the information contained in this Report regarding the areas of our management’s expertise would not be relevant
to an understanding of the business that we elect to acquire. As a result, our management may not be able to ascertain or assess adequately
all of the relevant risk factors. Accordingly, any shareholders who choose to remain shareholders following our initial business combination
could suffer a reduction in the value of their shares. Such shareholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
Although
we have identified general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses, we may
enter into our initial business combination with a target that does not meet such criteria and guidelines, and as a result, the target
business with which we enter into our initial business combination may not have attributes entirely consistent with our general criteria
and guidelines.
Although
we have identified general criteria and guidelines for evaluating prospective target businesses, it is possible that a target business
with which we enter into our initial business combination will not have all of these positive attributes. If we complete our initial
business combination with a target that does not meet some or all of these guidelines, such combination may not be as successful as a
combination with a business that does meet all of our general criteria and guidelines. In addition, if we announce a prospective business
combination with a target that does not meet our general criteria and guidelines, a greater number of shareholders may exercise their
redemption rights, which may make it difficult for us to meet any closing condition with a target business that requires us to have a
minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. In addition, if shareholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or we decide
to obtain shareholder approval for business or other reasons, it may be more difficult for us to attain shareholder approval of our initial
business combination if the target business does not meet our general criteria and guidelines. If we are unable to complete our initial
business combination, our public shareholders may only receive their pro rata portion of the funds in the trust account that are available
for distribution to public shareholders, and our public rights will be worthless.
We
are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or from another independent entity that commonly renders
valuation opinions, and consequently, you may have no assurance from an independent source that the price we are paying for the business
is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view.
Unless
we complete our initial business combination with an affiliated entity or our board of directors cannot independently determine the fair
market value of the target business or businesses (including with the assistance of financial advisors), we are not required to obtain
an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that the
price we are paying is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view. If no opinion is obtained, our shareholders will be relying
on the judgment of our board of directors, who will determine fair market value based on standards generally accepted by the financial
community. Such standards used will be disclosed in our proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, related to our initial
business combination.
31
We
may issue additional Class A ordinary shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee
incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. We may also issue Class A ordinary shares upon the conversion
of the founder shares at a ratio greater than one-to-one at the time of our initial business combination as a result of the anti-dilution
provisions contained therein. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our shareholders and likely present other risks.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association authorizes
the issuance of up to 445,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares,
par value $0.0001 per share, and 5,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share. Immediately after the offering, there will
be 435,000,000 and 46,166,667 (assuming in each case that the underwriters have not exercised their over-allotment option and 500,000
Class B ordinary shares are forfeited) authorized but unissued Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares, respectively,
available for issuance, which amount does not take into account shares reserved for issuance upon conversion of outstanding rights or
shares issuable upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares. The Class B ordinary shares are automatically convertible into
Class A ordinary shares (which Class A ordinary shares delivered upon conversion will not have any redemption rights or be entitled
to liquidating distributions from the trust account if we fail to consummate an initial business combination) concurrently with or immediately
following the consummation of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holder, initially at a one-for-one ratio
but subject to adjustment as set forth herein and in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, including in certain
circumstances in which we issue Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities related to our initial business combination.
Immediately after the offering, there will be no preference shares issued and outstanding.
We
may issue a substantial number of additional Class A ordinary shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination
or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. We may also issue Class A ordinary shares
upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at a ratio greater than one-to-one at the time of our initial business combination
as a result of the anti-dilution provisions as set forth therein. However, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association
provide, among other things, that prior to our initial business combination, except in connection with the conversion of Class B
ordinary shares into Class A ordinary shares where the holders of such shares have waived any rights to receive funds from the trust
account, we may not issue additional shares that would entitle the holders thereof to (i) receive funds from the trust account or
(ii) vote as a class with public shares on any initial business combination. These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association, like all provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, may be amended with
a shareholder vote. The issuance of additional ordinary or preference shares:
● may
significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in the offering, which dilution would
increase if the anti-dilution provisions in the Class B ordinary shares resulted in
the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion
of the Class B ordinary shares;
● may
subordinate the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares if preference shares are
issued with rights senior to those afforded our Class A ordinary shares;
● could
cause a change in control if a substantial number of Class A ordinary shares are issued,
which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards,
if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;
● may
have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share
ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and
● may
adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, Class A ordinary shares and/or
rights.
Unlike
some other similarly structured special purpose acquisition companies, our initial shareholders will receive additional Class A
ordinary shares if we issue certain shares to consummate an initial business combination.
The founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary
shares (which such Class A ordinary shares delivered upon conversion will not have any redemption rights or be entitled to liquidating
distributions from the trust account if we fail to consummate an initial business combination) concurrently with or immediately following
the consummation of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holder on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment
for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and subject to further adjustment as
provided herein. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares, or any other equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed
issued in excess of the amounts sold in the offering and related to or in connection with the closing of the initial business combination,
the ratio at which Class B ordinary shares convert into Class A ordinary shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority
of the outstanding Class B ordinary shares agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so
that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B ordinary shares will equal, in the aggregate,
25% of the sum of (i) the total number of all Class A ordinary shares outstanding upon the completion of the offering (including
any Class A ordinary shares issued pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option and excluding the Class A ordinary
shares underlying the private placement warrants issued to the sponsor), plus (ii) all Class A ordinary shares and equity-linked
securities issued or deemed issued, in connection with the closing of the initial business combination (excluding any shares or equity-linked
securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination and any private placement-equivalent units issued
to our sponsor or any of its affiliates or to our officers or directors upon conversion of working capital loans) minus (iii) any
redemptions of Class A ordinary shares by public shareholders in connection with an initial business combination; provided that such
conversion of founder shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis.
32
We
may issue our shares to investors in connection with our initial business combination at a price which is less than the prevailing market
price of our shares at that time.
In
connection with our initial business combination, we may issue shares to investors in private placement transactions (so-called PIPE
transactions) at a price of $10.00 per share or lower, at a price that approximates the per-share amounts in our trust account at such
time. The purpose of such issuances will be to enable us to provide sufficient liquidity and capital to the post-business combination
entity. The price of the shares we issue may therefore be less, and potentially significantly less, than the market price for our shares
at such time. Any such issuances of equity securities could dilute the interests of our existing shareholders.
Since
only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors, upon the listing of our
shares on Nasdaq, Nasdaq will consider us to be a “controlled company” within the meaning of Nasdaq rules and, as a result,
we may qualify for exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements.
After completion of the offering and prior to the consummation of a
business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors. As
a result, Nasdaq will consider us to be a “controlled company” within the meaning of Nasdaq corporate governance standards.
Under Nasdaq corporate governance standards, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power for the appointment of directors is
held by an individual, group or another company is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain corporate
governance requirements, including the requirements that:
● we
have a board that includes a majority of “independent directors,” as defined
under the rules of Nasdaq; and
● we
have a compensation committee of our board that is comprised entirely of independent directors
with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities.
We
currently do not intend to rely on the “controlled company” exemption, but may do so in the future. Accordingly, if we choose
to do so, you will not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all of the Nasdaq corporate
governance requirements.
Resources
could be wasted in researching business combinations that are not completed, which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts
to locate and acquire or merge with another business. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders
may only receive their pro rata portion of the funds in the trust account that are available for distribution to public shareholders,
and our public rights will be worthless.
We
anticipate that the investigation of each specific target business and the negotiation, drafting and execution of relevant agreements,
disclosure documents and other instruments will require substantial management time and attention and substantial costs for accountants,
attorneys, consultants and others. If we decide not to complete a specific initial business combination, the costs incurred up to that
point for the proposed transaction likely would not be recoverable. Furthermore, if we reach an agreement relating to a specific target
business, we may fail to complete our initial business combination for any number of reasons including those beyond our control. Any
such event will result in a loss to us of the related costs incurred which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate
and acquire or merge with another business. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may
only receive their pro rata portion of the funds in the trust account that are available for distribution to public shareholders, and
our rights will be worthless.
33
We
may engage in a business combination with one or more target businesses that have relationships with entities that may be affiliated
with our sponsor, officers, directors or existing holders which may raise potential conflicts of interest.
In
light of the involvement of our sponsor, its managing member, and our officers and directors with other entities, we may decide to acquire
one or more businesses affiliated with or competitive with our sponsor, officers, directors and their respective affiliates or existing
holders. Our directors also serve as officers and/or board members for other entities, including, without limitation, those described
under “Management — Conflicts of Interest.” Such entities may compete with us for business combination opportunities.
Our sponsor, officers and directors are not currently aware of any specific opportunities for us to complete our initial business combination
with any entities with which they are affiliated, and there have been no substantive discussions concerning a business combination with
any such entity or entities. Although we will not be specifically focusing on, or targeting, any transaction with any affiliated entities,
we would pursue such a transaction if we determined that such affiliated entity met our criteria for a business combination as set forth
in “Proposed Business — Effecting our initial business combination — Selection of a target business
and structuring of our initial business combination” and such transaction was approved by a majority of our independent and disinterested
directors. Despite our agreement to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that
commonly renders valuation opinions regarding the fairness to our company from a financial point of view of a business combination with
one or more domestic or international businesses affiliated with our sponsor, officers, directors or existing holders, potential conflicts
of interest still may exist and, as a result, the terms of the business combination may not be as advantageous to our public shareholders
as they would be absent any conflicts of interest.
Since
our sponsor, officers and directors, and any other holders of our founder shares, including any non-managing sponsor investors, may lose
their entire investment in us if our initial business combination is not completed (other than with respect to public shares they may
acquire during or after the offering), a conflict of interest may arise in determining whether a particular business combination target
is appropriate for our initial business combination.
In
June 2024, our sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.006 per share, to cover certain of our offering costs in exchange for 4,312,500
Class B ordinary shares or founder shares. Subsequently, on February 6, 2025, the Company, through a share capitalization, issued the
sponsor an additional 1,437,500 Class B ordinary shares as bonus shares, bringing the aggregate number of founder shares to 5,750,000
Class B ordinary shares, resulting in a price per share of approximately $0.004. On May 7, 2025, the sponsor surrendered 1,916,667 shares
leaving 3,833,333 resulting in a price per share of $0.0075. Prior to the initial investment in the company of $25,000 by the sponsor,
the company had no assets, tangible or intangible. The purchase price of the founder shares was determined by dividing the amount of
cash contributed to the company by the number of founder shares issued. The number of founder shares outstanding was determined based
on the expectation that the total size of the offering would be a maximum of 11,500,000 units if the underwriters’ over-allotment
option is exercised in full, and therefore that such founder shares would represent 25% of the outstanding shares after the offering.
The founder shares will be worthless if we do not complete an initial business combination, except to the extent they receive liquidating
distributions from assets outside of the trust account. In addition, our sponsor and Roth, the representative of the underwriters, have
purchased an aggregate of 3,250,000 private placement warrants (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised)
for an aggregate purchase price of $3,250,000, or $1.00 per private placement warrant. Of those 3,250,000 private placement warrants,
our sponsor has agreed to purchase 2,000,000 private placement warrants (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option
is exercised) and Roth has purchased 1,250,000 private placement warrants. The non-managing sponsor investors indirectly purchased, through
the purchase of sponsor membership interests, an aggregate of 1,000,000 Class B.2 private placement warrants (whether or not the underwriters’
over-allotment option is exercised) at a price of $1.00 per Class B.2 private placement warrant ($1,000,000 in the aggregate in a private
placement that closed simultaneously with the closing of the offering. Subject to each non-managing sponsor investor purchasing, through
membership units in the sponsor, the private placement warrants, the sponsor will issue membership interests at a nominal purchase price
to the non-managing sponsor investors reflecting economic interests in an aggregate of 1,333,333 founder shares held by the sponsor,
which shares are not subject to forfeiture.
The
private placement warrants will be worthless if we do not complete our initial business combination. The personal and financial interests
of our officers and directors may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business combination, completing an
initial business combination and influencing the operation of the business following the initial business combination. This risk may
become more acute as the end of the completion window nears, which is the deadline for our completion of an initial business combination.
34
We
may issue notes or other debt securities, or otherwise incur substantial debt, to complete a business combination, which may adversely
affect our leverage and financial condition and thus negatively impact the value of our shareholders’ investment in us.
Although we have no commitments as of the date of this Report to issue
any notes or other debt securities, or to otherwise incur outstanding debt following the offering, we may choose to incur substantial
debt to complete our initial business combination. The incurrence of debt could have a variety of negative effects, including:
● default
and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination
are insufficient to repay our debt obligations;
● acceleration
of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments
when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial
ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;
● our
immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is
payable on demand;
● our
inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt security contains covenants
restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security is outstanding;
● using
a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will
reduce the funds available for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general
corporate purposes;
● limitations
on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry
in which we operate;
● increased
vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions
and adverse changes in government regulation; and
● limitations
on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions,
debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages
compared to our competitors who have less debt.
We may only be able to complete one business
combination with the proceeds of the offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, which will cause us to be solely dependent
on a single business which may have a limited number of products or services. This lack of diversification may negatively impact our
operations and profitability. The net proceeds from the offering and the private placement of warrants will provide us with $107,475,000,
after payment of $4,025,000 of deferred underwriting commissions being held in the trust account.
We
may effectuate our initial business combination with a single target business or multiple target businesses simultaneously or within
a short period of time. However, we may not be able to effectuate our initial business combination with more than one target business
because of various factors, including the existence of complex accounting issues and the requirement that we prepare and file pro forma
financial statements with the SEC that present operating results and the financial condition of several target businesses as if they
had been operated on a combined basis. By completing our initial business combination with only a single entity, our lack of diversification
may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory developments. Further, we would not be able to diversify our operations
or benefit from the possible spreading of risks or offsetting of losses, unlike other entities which may have the resources to complete
several business combinations in different industries or different areas of a single industry. Accordingly, the prospects for our success
may be:
● solely
dependent upon the performance of a single business, property or asset, or
● dependent
upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes
or services.
This
lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory risks, any or all of which may have a substantial
adverse impact upon the particular industry in which we may operate subsequent to our initial business combination.
35
We
may attempt to simultaneously complete business combinations with multiple prospective targets, which may hinder our ability to complete
our initial business combination and give rise to increased costs and risks that could negatively impact our operations and profitability.
If
we determine to simultaneously acquire several businesses that are owned by different sellers, we will need for each of such sellers
to agree that our purchase of its business is contingent on the simultaneous closings of the other business combinations, which may make
it more difficult for us, and delay our ability, to complete our initial business combination. With multiple business combinations, we
could also face additional risks, including additional burdens and costs with respect to possible multiple negotiations and due diligence
investigations (if there are multiple sellers) and the additional risks associated with the subsequent assimilation of the operations
and services or products of the acquired companies in a single operating business. If we are unable to adequately address these risks,
it could negatively impact our profitability and results of operations.
We
may attempt to complete our initial business combination with a private company about which little information is available, which may
result in a business combination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.
In
pursuing our business combination strategy, we may seek to effectuate our initial business combination with a privately held company.
Very little public information generally exists about private companies, and we could be required to make our decision on whether to
pursue a potential initial business combination on the basis of limited information, which may result in a business combination with
a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.
We
do not have a specified maximum redemption threshold. The absence of such a redemption threshold may make it possible for us to complete
our initial business combination with which a substantial majority of our shareholders do not agree.
Our
amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will not provide a specified maximum redemption threshold. Our proposed initial
business combination may impose a minimum cash requirement for (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash
for working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions. As a result,
we may be able to complete our initial business combination even though a substantial majority of our public shareholders do not agree
with the transaction and have redeemed their shares or, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and do not
conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, have entered into privately
negotiated agreements to sell their shares to our sponsor, officers, directors, advisors or any of their affiliates. In the event the
aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all Class A ordinary shares that are validly submitted for redemption
plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination exceed the aggregate amount
of cash available to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, all Class A ordinary shares submitted
for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof, and we instead may search for an alternate business combination.
In
order to effectuate an initial business combination, special purpose acquisition companies have, in the recent past, amended various
provisions of their charters and other governing instruments, including their rights agreements. We cannot assure you that we will not
seek to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or governing instruments in a manner that will make it
easier for us to complete our initial business combination that our shareholders may not support.
In
order to effectuate a business combination, special purpose acquisition companies have, in the recent past, amended various provisions
of their charters and governing instruments, including their rights agreements Amending our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association will require a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds
(or, in the scenarios described below, 90%) of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where
proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company. In addition, our amended and restated memorandum and
articles of association requires us to provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares, regardless
of whether they abstain, vote for, or vote against, our initial business combination, for cash if we propose an amendment to our amended
and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption
in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete an initial business
combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights
or pre-initial business combination activity. To the extent any of such amendments would be deemed to fundamentally change the nature
of the securities offered through this registration statement, we would register, or seek an exemption from registration for, the affected
securities. We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend our charter or governing instruments or extend the time to consummate
an initial business combination in order to effectuate our initial business combination.
36
The
provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that relate to our pre-business combination activity (and
corresponding provisions of the agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account) may be amended with the approval of
holders of not less than two-thirds of our ordinary shares which are represented in person or by proxy and are voted at a general meeting
of the company, which is a lower amendment threshold than that of some other special purpose acquisition companies. It may be easier
for us, therefore, to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to facilitate the completion of an initial
business combination that some of our shareholders may not support.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide
that any of its provisions related to pre-business combination activity (including the requirement to deposit proceeds of the offering
and the private placement of units into the trust account and not release such amounts except in specified circumstances, and to provide
redemption rights to public shareholders as described herein, and other than amendments relating to the provisions regulating the appointment
and removal of directors and continuing the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands, which require a special resolution passed
by the affirmative vote of at least 90% (or, where such amendment is proposed in respect of the consummation of our initial business combination,
two-thirds) of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy
at the applicable general meeting of the company) may be amended if approved by special resolution, under Cayman Islands law. Except as
specified above with respect to matters requiring a 90% majority, a special resolution requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds
of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable
general meeting of the company. Corresponding provisions of the trust agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account
may be amended if approved by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares which are represented in person or by
proxy and are voted at a general meeting of the company. Our sponsor, who owns 25% of our ordinary shares upon the closing of the offering
(assuming it does not purchase any units in the offering), will participate in any vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and
articles of association and/or trust agreement and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose. As a result, we may be
able to amend the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association which govern our pre-business combination
behavior more easily than some other special purpose acquisition companies, and this may increase our ability to complete a business combination
with which you do not agree.
Our
sponsor, officers and director have agreed, pursuant to a written agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our
amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption
in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business
combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights
or pre-initial business combination activity, in each case unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their
Class A ordinary shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount
then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (less taxes payable, other than
any excise or similar tax that may be due or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. Our shareholders are
not parties to, or third-party beneficiaries of, these agreements and, as a result, will not have the ability to pursue remedies against
our sponsor, officers or director for any breach of these agreements. As a result, in the event of a breach, our shareholders would need
to pursue a shareholder derivative action, subject to applicable law.
We
may be unable to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination or to fund the operations and growth of a target
business, which could compel us to restructure or abandon a particular business combination.
We have not selected any specific business combination target but intend
to target businesses with enterprise values that are greater than we could acquire with the net proceeds of the offering and the sale
of the private placement warrants. As a result, if the cash portion of the purchase price exceeds the amount available from the trust
account, net of amounts needed to satisfy any redemption by public shareholders, we may be required to seek additional financing to complete
such proposed initial business combination. We cannot assure you that such financing will be available on acceptable terms, if at all.
To the extent that additional financing proves to be unavailable when needed to complete our initial business combination, we would be
compelled to either restructure the transaction or abandon that particular business combination and seek an alternative target business
candidate. Further, we may be required to obtain additional financing in connection with the closing of our initial business combination
for general corporate purposes, including for maintenance or expansion of operations of the post-transaction businesses, the payment of
principal or interest due on indebtedness incurred in completing our initial business combination, or to fund the purchase of other companies.
If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may only receive their pro rata portion of the
funds in the trust account that are available for distribution to public shareholders, and our public rights will be worthless. In addition,
even if we do not need additional financing to complete our initial business combination, we may require such financing to fund the operations
or growth of the target business. The failure to secure additional financing could have a material adverse effect on the continued development
or growth of the target business. None of our officers, directors or shareholders is required to provide any financing to us in connection
with or after our initial business combination.
37
Our
sponsor will control the appointment of our board of directors until consummation of our initial business combination and will hold a
substantial interest in us. As a result, it will appoint all of our directors prior to the consummation of our initial business combination
and may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support.
Upon closing of the offering, our sponsor owns 25% of our issued and
outstanding ordinary shares (assuming it does not purchase any units in the offering). Accordingly, they may exert a substantial influence
on actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support, including amendments to our amended and restated
memorandum and articles of association. To the extent that any non-managing sponsor investors acquire membership interests in the sponsor,
they will have no right to control the sponsor or vote or dispose of any securities held by the sponsor. In addition, the founder shares,
all of which are held by our sponsor, will entitle the holders to appoint all of our directors prior to the consummation of our initial
business combination. Holders of our public shares will have no right to vote on the appointment or removal of directors during such time.
Further, prior to the closing of our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to
vote on continuing our company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend our constitutional
documents or to adopt new constitutional documents, in each case, as a result of our approving a transfer by way of continuation in a
jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only
be amended if approved by a special resolution passed by the affirmative vote of at least 90% (or, where such amendment is proposed in
respect of the consummation of our initial business combination, two-thirds) of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled
to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company. As a result, you will
not have any influence over the appointment or removal of directors prior to our initial business combination or any influence over our
continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands prior to our initial business combination.
If our sponsor purchased any units in the offering or if our sponsor
purchases any additional Class A ordinary shares in the aftermarket or in privately negotiated transactions, this would increase
its control. Neither our sponsor nor, to our knowledge, any of our officers or directors, have any current intention to purchase additional
securities, other than as disclosed in this Report. Factors that would be considered in making such additional purchases would include
consideration of the current trading price of our Class A ordinary shares. In addition, our board of directors, whose members were
appointed by our sponsor, is and will be divided into three classes, each of which will generally serve for a term for three years
with only one class of directors being appointed in each year. We may not hold an annual or extraordinary general meeting to appoint new
directors prior to the completion of our initial business combination, in which case all of the current directors will continue in office
until at least the completion of the business combination. If there is an annual general meeting, as a consequence of our “staggered”
board of directors, only a minority of the board of directors will be considered for appointment and our sponsor, because of its ownership
position, will have considerable influence regarding the outcome. In addition, since only holders of our Class B ordinary shares
will have the right to vote on directors prior to our initial business combination, our initial shareholders will continue to exert control
at least until the completion of our initial business combination. Accordingly, our sponsor will continue to exert control at least until
the completion of our initial business combination.
We
may not be able to complete an initial business combination because such initial business combination may be subject to regulatory review
and approval requirements, including foreign investment regulations and review by government entities such as the Committee on Foreign
Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), or may be ultimately prohibited.
Our
initial business combination may be subject to regulatory review and approval requirements by governmental entities, or ultimately prohibited.
For example, CFIUS has authority to review direct or indirect foreign investments in U.S. companies. Among other things, CFIUS is
empowered to require certain foreign investors to make mandatory filings, to charge filing fees related to such filings, and to self-initiate
national security reviews of foreign direct and indirect investments in U.S. companies if the parties to that investment choose
not to file voluntarily. In the case that CFIUS determines an investment to be a threat to national security, CFIUS has the power to
unwind or place restrictions on the investment. Whether CFIUS has jurisdiction to review an acquisition or investment transaction depends
on — among other factors — the nature and structure of the transaction, including the level of beneficial
ownership interest and the nature of any information or governance rights involved. While our sponsor is a limited liability company
formed in Delaware and is not controlled by, nor does it have substantial ties with, a non-U.S. person, investments that result
in “control” of a U.S. business by a foreign person are always subject to CFIUS jurisdiction. CFIUS’s expanded
jurisdiction under the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 and implementing regulations that became effective
on February 13, 2020 further includes investments that do not result in control of a U.S. business by a foreign person but
afford certain foreign investors certain information or governance rights in a U.S. business that has a nexus to “critical
technologies,” “critical infrastructure” and/or “sensitive personal data.”
38
If
a particular proposed initial business combination with a U.S. business falls within CFIUS’s jurisdiction, we may determine
that we are required to make a mandatory filing or that we will submit to CFIUS review on a voluntary basis, or to proceed with the transaction
without submitting to CFIUS and risk CFIUS intervention, before or after closing the transaction. CFIUS may decide to block or delay
our proposed initial business combination, impose conditions with respect to such initial business combination or request the President
of the United States to order us to divest all or a portion of the U.S. target business of our initial business combination
that we acquired without first obtaining CFIUS approval, which may limit the attractiveness of, delay or prevent us from pursuing certain
target companies that we believe would otherwise be beneficial to us and our shareholders. As a result, the pool of potential targets
with which we could complete an initial business combination may be limited and we may be adversely affected in terms of competing with
other special purpose acquisition companies which do not have any foreign ownership issues. In addition, certain federally licensed businesses
may be subject to rules or regulations that limit foreign ownership.
The
process of government review, whether by CFIUS or otherwise, could be lengthy. Because we have only a limited time to complete our initial
business combination, our failure to obtain any required approvals within the requisite time period may require us to liquidate. If we
are unable to consummate our initial business combination within the applicable time period required under our amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association, including as a result of extended regulatory review of a potential initial business combination, we will
(i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days
thereafter (and subject to lawfully available funds therefor), redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal
to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (which
interest shall be net of taxes and less up to $100,000 of interest to pa) dissolution expenses and net of taxes payable, other than any
excise or similar tax that may be due or payable), divided by the number of then-outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely
extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any),
subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our
remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands
law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. In such event, our shareholders will miss the opportunity
to benefit from an investment in a target company and the appreciation in value of such investment. Additionally, our public rights will
be worthless.
As
the number of special purpose acquisition companies evaluating targets increases, attractive targets may become scarcer and there may
be more competition for attractive targets or such attractive targets may not be interested to consummate a business combination with
a SPAC due to a negative public perception of mergers involving SPACs. This could increase the cost of our initial business combination
and could even result in our inability to find a target or to consummate an initial business combination.
In
recent years, the number of special purpose acquisition companies that have been formed has increased substantially. Many potential
targets for special purpose acquisition companies have already entered into an initial business combination, and there are still many
special purpose acquisition companies preparing for an initial public offering, as well as many such companies currently in registration.
As a result, at times, fewer attractive targets may be available to consummate an initial business combination.
In
addition, because there are more special purpose acquisition companies seeking to enter into an initial business combination with available
targets, the competition for available targets with attractive fundamentals or business models may increase, which could cause target
companies to demand improved financial terms. Attractive deals could also become scarcer for other reasons, such as economic or industry
sector downturns (including a negative public perception of mergers involving SPACs), geopolitical tensions, or increases in the cost
of additional capital needed to close business combinations or operate targets post-business combination. This could increase the
cost of, delay or otherwise complicate or frustrate our ability to find and consummate an initial business combination and may result
in our inability to consummate an initial business combination on terms favorable to our investors altogether.
39
Adverse
developments affecting the financial services industry, including events or concerns involving liquidity, defaults or non-performance
by financial institutions, could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations, or our prospects.
The
funds in our operating account and our trust account will initially be held in banks or other financial institutions and will be invested
only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions
under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations; the holding
of these assets in this form is intended to be temporary and for the sole purpose of facilitating the intended business combination.
To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, which risk increases
the longer that we hold investments in the trust account, we may, at any time (based on our management team’s ongoing assessment
of all factors related to our potential status under the Investment Company Act) instruct the trustee to liquidate the investments held
in the trust account and instead to hold the funds in the trust account in cash or in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a
bank. Our cash held in these accounts may exceed any applicable Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance
limits. Should events, including limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments occur with respect to the
banks or other financial institutions that hold our funds, or that affect financial institutions or the financial services industry generally,
or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks, the value of the assets in our trust account could be impaired,
which could have a material impact on our operating results, liquidity, financial condition and prospects. For example, on March 10,
2023, the FDIC announced that Silicon Valley Bank had been closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.
We cannot guarantee that the banks or other financial institutions that will hold our funds will not experience similar issues.
Because
we must furnish our shareholders with target business financial statements, we may lose the ability to complete an otherwise advantageous
initial business combination with some prospective target businesses.
The
federal proxy rules require that the proxy statement with respect to the vote on an initial business combination include historical and
pro forma financial statement disclosure. We will include the same financial statement disclosure in connection with our tender offer
documents, whether or not they are required under the tender offer rules. These financial statements may be required to be prepared in
accordance with, or be reconciled to, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”)
or international financial reporting standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS”) depending
on the circumstances and the historical financial statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”). These financial statement requirements may limit the pool
of potential target businesses we may acquire because some targets may be unable to provide such financial statements in time for us
to disclose such statements in accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our initial business combination within the prescribed
time frame.
Compliance
obligations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may make it more difficult for us to effectuate our initial business combination, require substantial
financial and management resources, and increase the time and costs of completing an initial business combination.
Section 404
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we evaluate and report on our system of internal controls beginning with our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2025. Only in the event we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated
filer, and no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, will we be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting
firm attestation requirement on our internal control over financial reporting. Further, for as long as we remain an emerging growth company,
we will not be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on our internal control
over financial reporting. The fact that we are a blank check company makes compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
particularly burdensome on us as compared to other public companies because a target business with which we seek to complete our initial
business combination may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacy of its internal controls.
The development of the internal control of any such entity to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and
costs necessary to complete any such business combination.
Risks
Relating to the Post-Business Combination Company
Subsequent
to our completion of our initial business combination, we may be required to take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring and impairment
or other charges that could have a significant negative effect on our financial condition, results of operations and the price of our
securities, which could cause you to lose some or all of your investment.
Even
if we conduct due diligence on a target business with which we combine, we cannot assure you that this diligence will identify all material
issues that may be present within a particular target business, that it would be possible to uncover all material issues through a customary
amount of due diligence, or that factors outside of the target business and outside of our control will not later arise. As a result
of these factors, we may be forced to later write-down or write-off assets, restructure our operations, or incur impairment or other
charges that could result in our reporting losses. Even if our due diligence successfully identifies certain risks, unexpected risks
may arise and previously known risks may materialize in a manner not consistent with our preliminary risk analysis. Even though these
charges may be non-cash items and not have an immediate impact on our liquidity, the fact that we report charges of this nature could
contribute to negative market perceptions about us or our securities. In addition, charges of this nature may cause us to violate net
worth or other covenants to which we may be subject as a result of assuming pre-existing debt held by a target business or by virtue
of our obtaining debt financing to partially finance the initial business combination or thereafter. Accordingly, any shareholders who
choose to remain shareholders following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such shareholders
are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value unless they are able to successfully claim that the reduction was due to the
breach by our officers or directors of a duty of care or other fiduciary duty owed to them, or if they are able to successfully bring
a private claim under securities laws that the proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, relating to the business
combination contained an actionable material misstatement or material omission.
40
The
officers and directors of an acquisition candidate may resign upon completion of our initial business combination. The loss of a business
combination target’s key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
The
role of an acquisition candidate’s key personnel upon the completion of our initial business combination cannot be ascertained
at this time. Although we contemplate that certain members of an acquisition candidate’s management team will remain associated
with the acquisition candidate following our initial business combination, it is possible that members of the management of an acquisition
candidate will not wish to remain in place.
Our
management may not be able to maintain control of a target business after our initial business combination. We cannot provide assurance
that, upon loss of control of a target business, new management will possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to profitably
operate such business.
We
may structure our initial business combination so that the post-transaction company in which our public shareholders own shares will
own less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business, but we will only complete such business combination if the
post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling
interest in the target sufficient for us not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. We
will not consider any transaction that does not meet such criteria. Even if the post-transaction company owns 50% or more of the voting
securities of the target, our shareholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post business
combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination. For example, we could pursue
a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new Class A ordinary shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital
stock, shares or other equity interests of a target. In this case, we would acquire a 100% interest in the target. However, as a result
of the issuance of a substantial number of new Class A ordinary shares, our shareholders immediately prior to such transaction could
own less than a majority of our issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares subsequent to such transaction. In addition, other
minority shareholders may subsequently combine their holdings resulting in a single person or group obtaining a larger share of the company’s
shares than we initially acquired. Accordingly, this may make it more likely that our management will not be able to maintain control
of the target business.
We
may have a limited ability to assess the management of a prospective target business and, as a result, may effect our initial business
combination with a target business whose management may not have the skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company.
When
evaluating the desirability of effecting our initial business combination with a prospective target business, our ability to assess the
target business’s management may be limited due to a lack of time, resources or information. Our assessment of the capabilities
of the target business’s management, therefore, may prove to be incorrect and such management may lack the skills, qualifications
or abilities we suspected. Should the target business’s management not possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary
to manage a public company, the operations and profitability of the post-combination business may be negatively impacted. Accordingly,
any shareholders who choose to remain shareholders following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their
shares. Such shareholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value unless they are able to successfully claim that the
reduction was due to the breach by our officers or directors of a duty of care or other fiduciary duty owed to them, or if they are able
to successfully bring a private claim under securities laws that the proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, relating
to the business combination contained an actionable material misstatement or material omission.
41
We
may seek business combination opportunities with a high degree of complexity that require significant operational improvements, which
could delay or prevent us from achieving our desired results.
We
may seek business combination opportunities with large, highly complex companies that we believe would benefit from operational improvements.
While we intend to implement such improvements, to the extent that our efforts are delayed or we are unable to achieve the desired improvements,
the business combination may not be as successful as we anticipate.
To
the extent we complete our initial business combination with a large complex business or entity with a complex operating structure, we
may also be affected by numerous risks inherent in the operations of the business with which we combine, which could delay or prevent
us from implementing our strategy. Although our management team will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business
and its operations, we may not be able to properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors until we complete our business
combination. If we are not able to achieve our desired operational improvements, or the improvements take longer to implement than anticipated,
we may not achieve the gains that we anticipate. Furthermore, some of these risks and complexities may be outside of our control and
leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks and complexities will adversely impact a target business.
Such combination may not be as successful as a combination with a smaller, less complex organization.
Our
initial business combination and our structure thereafter may not be tax-efficient to our shareholders and rights holders. As a result
of our business combination, our tax obligations may be more complex, burdensome and/or uncertain.
Although
we will attempt to structure our initial business combination in a tax-efficient manner, tax structuring considerations are complex,
the relevant facts and law are uncertain and may change, and we may prioritize commercial and other considerations over tax considerations.
For example, in connection with our initial business combination and subject to any requisite shareholder approval, we may: structure
our business combination in a manner that requires shareholders and/or rights holders to recognize gain or income for tax purposes; effect
a business combination with a target company in another jurisdiction; or reincorporate in a different jurisdiction (including, but not
limited to, the jurisdiction in which the target company or business is located). We do not intend to make any cash distributions to
shareholders or rights holders to pay taxes in connection with our business combination or thereafter. Accordingly, a shareholder or
a rights holder may need to satisfy any liability resulting from our initial business combination with cash from its own funds or by
selling all or a portion of the shares or rights received. In addition, shareholders and rights holders may also be subject to additional
income, withholding or other taxes with respect to their ownership of us after our initial business combination.
In
addition, we may effect a business combination with a target company that has business operations outside of the United States,
and possibly, business operations in multiple jurisdictions. If we effect such a business combination, we could be subject to significant
income, withholding and other tax obligations in a number of jurisdictions with respect to income, operations and subsidiaries related
to those jurisdictions. Due to the complexity of tax obligations and filings in other jurisdictions, we may have a heightened risk related
to audits or examinations by U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. taxing authorities. This additional complexity and risk
could have an adverse effect on our after-tax profitability and financial condition.
Risks
Relating to Acquiring and Operating a Business in Foreign Countries
If
we effect our initial business combination with a company located outside of the United States, we would be subject to a variety
of additional risks that may adversely affect us.
If
we pursue a target company with operations or opportunities outside of the United States for our initial business combination, we
may face additional burdens in connection with investigating, agreeing to and completing such initial business combination, and if we
effect such initial business combination, we would be subject to a variety of additional risks that may negatively impact our operations.
If
we pursue a target a company with operations or opportunities outside of the United States for our initial business combination,
we would be subject to risks associated with cross-border business combinations, including in connection with investigating, agreeing
to and completing our initial business combination, conducting due diligence in a foreign jurisdiction, having such transaction approved
by any local governments, regulators or agencies and changes in the purchase price based on fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.
42
If
we effect our initial business combination with such a company, we would be subject to any special considerations or risks associated
with companies operating in an international setting, including any of the following:
● costs
and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business operations;
● rules
and regulations regarding currency redemption;
● complex
corporate withholding taxes on individuals;
● laws
governing the manner in which future business combinations may be effected;
● exchange
listing and/or delisting requirements;
● tariffs
and trade barriers;
● regulations
related to customs and import/export matters;
● local
or regional economic policies and market conditions;
● unexpected
changes in regulatory requirements;
● challenges
in managing and staffing international operations;
● longer
payment cycles;
● tax
issues, such as tax law changes and variations in tax laws as compared to the United States;
● currency
fluctuations and exchange controls;
● rates
of inflation;
● challenges
in collecting accounts receivable;
● cultural
and language differences;
● employment
regulations;
● underdeveloped
or unpredictable legal or regulatory systems;
● corruption;
● protection
of intellectual property;
● social
unrest, crime, strikes, riots and civil disturbances;
● regime
changes and political upheaval;
● terrorist
attacks, natural disasters, widespread health emergencies and wars; and
● deterioration
of political relations with the United States.
We
may not be able to adequately address these additional risks. If we were unable to do so, we may be unable to complete such initial business
combination, or, if we complete such initial business combination, our operations might suffer, either of which may adversely impact
our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We
may reincorporate in another jurisdiction, which may result in taxes imposed on shareholders or right holders.
We
may, in connection with our initial business combination or otherwise and, to the extent applicable, subject to requisite shareholder
approval by special resolution under the Companies Act (with respect to which only holders of Class B ordinary shares will be entitled
to vote prior to our initial business combination), reincorporate in the jurisdiction in which the target company or business is located
or in another jurisdiction. The transaction may require a shareholder or rights holder to recognize taxable income in the jurisdiction
in which the shareholder or rights holder is a tax resident or in which its members are resident if it is a tax transparent entity (or
may otherwise result in adverse tax consequences). We do not intend to make any cash distributions to shareholders or rights holders
to pay such taxes. Shareholders or rights holders may be subject to withholding taxes or other taxes with respect to their ownership
of our Class A ordinary shares or rights after the reincorporation.
43
We
may reincorporate in or transfer by way of continuation to another jurisdiction in connection with our initial business combination,
and the laws of such jurisdiction may govern some or all of our future material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal
rights.
In
connection with our initial business combination, we may relocate the home jurisdiction of our business from the Cayman Islands to another
jurisdiction. If we determine to do this, the laws of such jurisdiction may govern some or all of our future material agreements. The
system of laws and the enforcement of existing laws in such jurisdiction may not be as certain in implementation and interpretation as
in the United States. The inability to enforce or obtain a remedy under any of our future agreements could result in a significant
loss of business, business opportunities or capital.
We
are subject to changing law and regulations regarding regulatory matters, corporate governance and public disclosure that have increased
both our costs and the risk of non-compliance.
We
are subject to rules and regulations by various governing bodies, including, for example, the Securities and Exchange Commission, which
are charged with the protection of investors and the oversight of companies whose securities are publicly traded, and to new and evolving
regulatory measures under applicable law. Our efforts to comply with new and changing laws and regulations have resulted in and are likely
to continue to result in, increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating
activities to compliance activities.
Moreover,
because these laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations, their application in practice may evolve over time
as new guidance becomes available. This evolution may result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and additional costs
necessitated by ongoing revisions to our disclosure and governance practices. If we fail to address and comply with these regulations
and any subsequent changes, we may be subject to penalty and our business may be harmed.
If
our management following our initial business combination is unfamiliar with United States securities laws, they may have to expend
time and resources becoming familiar with such laws, which could lead to various regulatory issues.
Following
our initial business combination, our management may resign from their positions as officers or directors of the company and the management
of the target business at the time of the business combination will remain in place. Management of the target business may not be familiar
with United States securities laws. If new management is unfamiliar with United States securities laws, they may have to expend
time and resources becoming familiar with such laws. This could be expensive and time-consuming and could lead to various regulatory
issues which may adversely affect our operations.
Exchange
rate fluctuations and currency policies may cause a target business’ ability to succeed in the international markets to be diminished.
In
the event we acquire a non-U.S. target, all revenues and income would likely be received in a foreign currency, and the dollar equivalent
of our net assets and distributions, if any, could be adversely affected by reductions in the value of the local currency. The value
of the currencies in our target regions fluctuate and are affected by, among other things, changes in political and economic conditions.
Any change in the relative value of such currency against our reporting currency may affect the attractiveness of any target business
or, following consummation of our initial business combination, our financial condition and results of operations. Additionally, if a
currency appreciates in value against the dollar prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, the cost of a target
business as measured in dollars will increase, which may make it less likely that we are able to consummate such transaction.
After
our initial business combination, substantially all of our assets may be located in a foreign country and substantially all of our revenue
will be derived from our operations in such country. Accordingly, our results of operations and prospects will be subject, to a significant
extent, to the economic, political and legal policies, developments and conditions in the country in which we operate.
The
economic, political and social conditions, as well as government policies, of the country in which our operations are located could affect
our business. Economic growth could be uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the economy and such growth may not be
sustained in the future. If in the future such country’s economy experiences a downturn or grows at a slower rate than expected,
there may be less demand for spending in certain industries. A decrease in demand for spending in certain industries could materially
and adversely affect our ability to find an attractive target business with which to consummate our initial business combination and
if we effect our initial business combination, the ability of that target business to become profitable.
44
Risks
Relating to our Management Team
We
are dependent upon our officers and directors and their loss, or a reduction in the amount of time they can dedicate to our initial business
combination, could adversely affect our ability to operate.
Our
operations are dependent upon a relatively small group of individuals and, in particular, our officers and directors. We believe that
our success depends on the continued service of our officers and directors, at least until we have completed our initial business combination.
In addition, our officers and directors are not required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs and, accordingly, will
have conflicts of interest in allocating their time among various business activities, including identifying potential business combinations
and monitoring the related due diligence. We do not have an employment agreement with, or key-man insurance on the life of, any of our
directors or officers. The unexpected loss of the services of one or more of our directors or officers could have a detrimental effect
on us.
Our
ability to successfully effect our initial business combination and to be successful thereafter will be dependent upon the efforts of
our key personnel, some of whom may join us following our initial business combination. The loss of key personnel could negatively impact
the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
Our
ability to successfully effect our initial business combination is dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel. The role of our key
personnel in the target business, however, cannot presently be ascertained. Although some of our key personnel may remain with the target
business in senior management or advisory positions following our initial business combination, it is likely that some or all of the
management of the target business will remain in place. While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals we engage after our initial
business combination, we cannot assure you that our assessment of these individuals will prove to be correct. These individuals may be
unfamiliar with the requirements of operating a company regulated by the SEC, which could cause us to have to expend time and resources
helping them become familiar with such requirements.
The
ownership interest of our sponsor may change, and our sponsor may divest its ownership interest in us before identifying a business combination,
which could deprive us of key personnel and advisors.
Our
sponsor is a limited liability company of which Cesar Johnston is the managing member and holds voting and investment discretion with
respect to the founder shares held of record by the sponsor, and some of our officers and directors own individual economic interests
in our sponsor, which represent indirect ownership interests in our founder shares and/or private placement warrants. However, this may
change as there is no contractual restriction on the sponsor or the managing member’s ability to share, sell or otherwise dispose
of part or all of the interests in our sponsor or held by our sponsor. As a result, there is a risk that our sponsor (or the non-managing
members) may divest its (or their or our officers’ and directors’) ownership or economic interests in us or in the sponsor
before a business combination target is identified, which would likely result in the Company’s loss of certain key personnel, including
Cesar Johnston. In addition, there can be no assurance that any replacement sponsor, key personnel or advisors would successfully identify
a business combination target for us or, even if one is one so identified, successfully complete such business combination.
Our
key personnel may negotiate employment or consulting agreements with a target business in connection with a particular business combination,
and a particular business combination may be conditioned on the retention or resignation of such key personnel. These agreements may
provide for them to receive compensation following our initial business combination and as a result, may cause them to have conflicts
of interest in determining whether a particular business combination is the most advantageous.
Our
key personnel may be able to remain with our company after the completion of our initial business combination only if they are able to
negotiate employment or consulting agreements in connection with the business combination. Such negotiations would take place simultaneously
with the negotiation of the business combination and could provide for such individuals to receive compensation in the form of cash payments
and/or our securities for services they would render to us after the completion of the business combination. Such negotiations also could
make such key personnel’s retention or resignation a condition to any such agreement. The personal and financial interests of such
individuals may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman
Islands law.
45
Our
officers and directors will allocate their time to other businesses thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to
how much time to devote to our affairs. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial
business combination.
Our
officers and directors are not required to, and will not, commit their full time to our affairs, which may result in a conflict of interest
in allocating their time between our operations and our search for a business combination and their other businesses. We do not intend
to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination. Each of our officers is engaged in other
business endeavors for which he may be entitled to substantial compensation, and our officers are not obligated to contribute any specific
number of hours per week to our affairs. Our independent directors also serve as officers and board members for other entities.
If our officers’ and directors’ other business affairs require them to devote substantial amounts of time to such affairs
in excess of their current commitment levels, it could limit their ability to devote time to our affairs which may have a negative impact
on our ability to complete our initial business combination. Any such companies, businesses or investments may present additional conflicts
of interest in pursuing an initial business combination target. Based on the existing relationships of our sponsor, directors and officers,
their level of financial investment in us and the potential loss of such investment if no business combination is consummated, as well
as the fact that we may consummate a business combination with a target in a broad array of industries, we believe there are many companies
that would be a suitable target for a business combination with us. We do not believe that any such potential conflicts would materially
affect our ability to complete our initial business combination. For a complete discussion of our officers’ and directors’
other business affairs, please see “ Management — Officers and Directors .”
Our
officers and directors presently have, and any of them in the future may have additional fiduciary or contractual obligations to other
entities, including other blank check companies, and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time and in determining
to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.
Following the offering and until we consummate our initial business
combination, we intend to engage in the business of identifying and combining with one or more businesses. Our sponsor, its managing member,
and our officers and directors are, or may in the future become, affiliated with entities (such as operating companies or investment vehicles,
including other blank check acquisition companies) that are engaged in a similar business. We do not have employment contracts with our
officers and directors that will limit their ability to work at other businesses. Each of our officers and directors presently has, and
any of them in the future may have additional fiduciary, contractual or other obligations or duties to one or more other entities pursuant
to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entities. Accordingly,
if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or
she has then current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present
such business combination opportunity to such other entity, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law. Our amended and
restated memorandum and articles of association provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by law: (i) no individual serving as
a director or an officer, among other persons, shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain
from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as us, and (ii) we renounce
any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which (a) may
be a corporate opportunity for any director or officer, on the one hand, and us, on the other or (b) the presentation of which would
breach an existing legal obligation of a director or officer to any other entity. We do not believe, however, that the fiduciary duties
or contractual obligations of our officers or directors will materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.
For
a complete discussion of our officers’ and directors’ business affiliations and the potential conflicts of interest that
you should be aware of, please see “Management — Officers and Directors,” “Management — Conflicts
of Interest” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”
Our
officers, directors, security holders and their respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary interests that conflict with our
interests.
We
have not adopted a policy that expressly prohibits our directors, officers, security holders or affiliates from having a direct or indirect
pecuniary or financial interest in any investment to be acquired or disposed of by us or in any transaction to which we are a party or
have an interest. In fact, we may enter into a business combination with a target business that is affiliated with our sponsor, our directors
or officers, although we do not intend to do so. Nor do we have a policy that expressly prohibits any such persons from engaging for
their own account in business activities of the types conducted by us. Accordingly, such persons or entities may have a conflict between
their interests and ours. Any such companies, businesses or investments may present additional conflicts of interest in pursuing an initial
business combination target. Based on the existing relationships of our sponsor, directors and officers, their level of financial investment
in us and the potential loss of such investment if no business combination is consummated, the fact that we may consummate a business
combination with a target in a broad array of industries, we believe there are many companies that would be a suitable target for a business
combination with us. Therefore, we do not believe that any such potential conflicts would materially affect our ability to complete our
initial business combination.
46
The
personal and financial interests of our directors and officers may influence their motivation in timely identifying and selecting a target
business and completing a business combination. Consequently, our directors’ and officers’ discretion in identifying and
selecting a suitable target business may result in a conflict of interest when determining whether the terms, conditions and timing of
a particular business combination are appropriate and in our shareholders’ best interest. If this were the case, it would be a
breach of their fiduciary duties to us as a matter of Cayman Islands law and we or our shareholders might have a claim against such individuals
for infringing on our shareholders’ rights. See the section titled “Description of Securities — Certain Differences
in Corporate Law — Shareholder Suits” for further information on the ability to bring such claims. However, we
might not ultimately be successful in any claim we may make against them for such reason.
Members
of our management team and board of directors have significant experience as founders, board members, officers, executives or employees
of other companies. Certain of those persons have been, are currently, or may become, involved in litigation, investigations or other
proceedings, including related to those companies or otherwise. This may have an adverse effect on us, which may impede our ability to
consummate an initial business combination.
During
the course of their careers, members of our management team and board of directors have had significant experience as founders, board
members, officers, executives or employees of other companies. Certain of those persons have been, are currently or may in the future
become involved in litigation, investigations or other proceedings, including relating to the business affairs of such companies, transactions
entered into by such companies, or otherwise. Any such litigation, investigations or other proceedings may divert the attention and resources
of our management team and board of directors away from identifying and selecting a target business or businesses for our initial business
combination and may negatively affect our reputation, which may impede our ability to complete an initial business combination.
Members
of our management team and affiliated companies may have been, and may in the future be, involved in civil disputes or governmental investigations
unrelated to our business.
Members
of our management team have been (and intend to be) involved in a wide variety of businesses. Such involvement has, and may lead to,
media coverage and public awareness. As a result, members of our management team and affiliated companies may have been, and may in the
future be, involved in civil disputes or governmental investigations unrelated to our business. Any such claims or investigations may
be detrimental to our reputation and could negatively affect our ability to identify and complete an initial business combination and
may have an adverse effect on the price of our securities.
Our
letter agreement with our sponsor, officers and directors may be amended without shareholder approval.
Our letter agreement with our sponsor, officers and directors contain
provisions relating to transfer restrictions of our founder shares and private placement warrants, indemnification of the trust account,
waiver of redemption rights and participation in liquidating distributions from the trust account. The letter agreement may be amended
without shareholder approval (although releasing the parties from the restriction not to transfer the founder shares for 185 days
following the date of the prospectus will require the prior written consent of the underwriters). While we do not expect our board to
approve any amendment to the letter agreement prior to our initial business combination, it may be possible that our board, in exercising
its business judgment and subject to its fiduciary duties, chooses to approve one or more amendments to the letter agreement. Any such
amendments to the letter agreement would not require approval from our shareholders and may have an adverse effect on the value of an
investment in our securities.
47
Risks
Relating to our Securities
You
will not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain limited circumstances. Therefore, to liquidate
your investment at a time of your choosing, you may be forced to sell your public shares or public rights, potentially at a loss.
Our
public shareholders will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account only upon the earliest to occur of: (i) our completion
of an initial business combination, and then only in connection with those Class A ordinary shares that such shareholder properly
elected to redeem, subject to the limitations and on the conditions described herein, (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly
submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to
modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem
100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect
to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, and (iii) the
redemption of our public shares if we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the completion window, subject to
applicable law and as further described herein. In no other circumstances will a public shareholder have any right or interest of any
kind in the trust account. Holders of rights will not have any right to the proceeds held in the trust account with respect to the rights.
Accordingly, to liquidate your investment at a time of your choosing, you may be forced to sell your public shares or public rights,
potentially at a loss.
Nasdaq
may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities
and subject us to additional trading restrictions.
We intend to apply to have our units listed on Nasdaq. Our units have
been approved for listing on Nasdaq. Following the date that the Class A ordinary shares and public rights are eligible to trade separately,
we anticipate that the Class A ordinary shares and rights will be separately listed on Nasdaq. We cannot assure you that our securities
will continue to be listed on Nasdaq in the future or prior to our initial business combination. In order to continue listing our securities
on Nasdaq prior to our initial business combination, we must maintain certain financial, distribution and share price levels. Generally,
we must maintain a minimum market value of listed securities (generally $50,000,000) and a minimum number of holders of our securities
(generally 400 public holders). Additionally, in connection with our initial business combination, we will be required to demonstrate
compliance with Nasdaq’s initial listing requirements, which are more rigorous than Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements,
in order to continue to maintain the listing of our securities on Nasdaq. For instance, unless we decide to list on a different Nasdaq
tier such as the Nasdaq Capital Market which has different initial listing requirements, our share price would generally be required to
be at least $4.00 per share and we would be required to have a minimum of 400 round lot holders of our securities. We cannot assure you
that we will be able to meet those initial listing requirements at that time.
If
Nasdaq delists our securities from trading on its exchange and we are not able to list our securities on another national securities
exchange, we expect our securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, we could face significant material
adverse consequences, including:
● a
limited availability of market quotations for our securities;
● reduced
liquidity for our securities;
● a
determination that our Class A ordinary shares are a “penny stock” which
will require brokers trading in our Class A ordinary shares to adhere to more stringent
rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading
market for our securities;
● a
limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and
● a
decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.
The
National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating
the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as “covered securities.” Because we expect that our units are, and
expect our Class A ordinary shares and rights eventually will be listed on Nasdaq, our units, Class A ordinary shares and rights
will qualify as covered securities under the statute. Although the states are preempted from regulating the sale of our securities, the
federal statute does allow the states to investigate companies if there is a suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent
activity, then the states can regulate or bar the sale of covered securities in a particular case. While we are not aware of a state
having used these powers to prohibit or restrict the sale of securities issued by blank check companies, other than the State of Idaho,
certain state securities regulators view blank check companies unfavorably and might use these powers, or threaten to use these powers,
to hinder the sale of securities of blank check companies in their states. Further, if we were no longer listed on Nasdaq, our securities
would not qualify as covered securities under the statute and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities.
48
Our
initial shareholders paid an aggregate of $25,000, or approximately $0.0075 per founder share and, accordingly, you will experience immediate
and substantial dilution from the purchase of our Class A ordinary shares.
The difference between the public offering price per share (allocating
all of the unit purchase price to the Class A ordinary share included in the unit and none to the public right included in the unit)
and the pro forma net tangible book value per share of our Class A ordinary shares after the offering constitutes the dilution to
you and the other investors in the offering. Our initial shareholders acquired the founder shares at a nominal price, significantly contributing
to this dilution. Upon closing of the offering, and assuming no value is ascribed to the public rights included in the units, you and
the other public shareholders will incur an immediate and substantial dilution of approximately 115.20% (or $11.52 per share, assuming
no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option), the difference between the pro forma net tangible book value per share
after the offering of $(1.52) and the initial offering price of $10.00 per unit (assuming maximum redemption). This dilution would increase
to the extent that the anti-dilution provisions of the founder shares result in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater
than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the founder shares at the time of our initial business combination. In addition, because of the
anti-dilution protection in the founder shares, any equity or equity-linked securities issued in connection with our initial business
combination would be disproportionately dilutive to our Class A ordinary shares.
Since our sponsor, officers and directors
and any other holder of our founder shares, including any non-managing sponsor investors will lose their entire investment
in us if our initial business combination is not completed (other than with respect to any public shares they may acquire during or after
the offering), and because our sponsor, officers and directors and any other holder of our founder shares, including any non-managing sponsor
investors, directly or indirectly may profit substantially from a business combination as a result of their ownership of founder shares
even under circumstances where our public shareholders would experience losses in connection with their investment, a conflict of interest
may arise in determining whether a particular business combination target is appropriate for our initial business combination, including
in connection with the shareholder vote in respect thereto.
In June 2024, our sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.006
per share, to cover certain of our offering and formation costs in exchange for an aggregate of 4,312,000 Class B ordinary shares or founder
shares. Subsequently, on February 6, 2025, the Company, through a share capitalization, issued the sponsor an additional 1,437,500 Class
B ordinary shares as bonus shares, bringing the aggregate number of founder shares to 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares, resulting in
a price per share of approximately $0.004. on May 7, 2025 1,916,667 founder shares were surrendered leaving 3,833,333 Class B ordinary
shares. Prior to this initial investment in us by the sponsor, we had no assets, tangible or intangible. Our sponsor holds founder shares
and has committed to purchase 3,250,000 private placement warrants. Subject to each non-managing sponsor investor purchasing, through
membership interests in the sponsor, the private placement warrants in connection with the closing of the offering, the sponsor will issue
membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the non-managing sponsor investors, economic interests in an aggregate of 1,333,333
founder shares.
Our sponsor purchased an aggregate of 2,000,000 private placement warrants
out of the 3,250,000 (whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised, which include 1,000,000 Class B.1 private placement warrants
and 1,000,000 Class B.2 private placement warrants that will be allocated to the non-managing sponsor member investors), at a price of
$1.00 per private placement warrant ($3,250,000 in the aggregate) in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing
of the offering. Roth purchased 1,250,000 out of the 3,250,000 private placement warrants (which shall be Class B.1 private placement
warrants). If we do not complete our initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of the offering, unless the time
to complete our initial business combination is extended in accordance with our memorandum and articles of incorporation, the private
placement warrants will be worthless. Given the differential in the purchase price paid for the founder shares as compared to the initial
public offering price of the public shares and the substantial number of Class A ordinary shares that holders of our founder shares
would receive upon conversion of the founder shares upon a business combination, the founder shares may have significant value after the
business combination even if our Class A ordinary shares trade below the initial public offering price and holders of our public
shares have a substantial loss on their investment. The non-managing sponsor investors will have the same rights to the funds held
in the trust account with respect to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the units they may purchase in the offering as the rights
afforded to our other public shareholders. None of the non-managing sponsor members have expressed an interest in purchasing units in
the public offering. However, whether or not the non-managing sponsor investors purchase any units in this public offering or in
the open market after the offering, the non-managing sponsor investors will have different interests than our other public shareholders
in approving our initial business combination and otherwise exercising their rights as public shareholders because of their indirect ownership
of founder shares and private placement warrants, as further discussed in this Report. The non-managing sponsor investors will share
in any appreciation of the founder shares through their membership interests in the sponsor if we successfully complete a business combination.
Accordingly, non-managing sponsor investors’ interests in the founder shares owned by them indirectly through their membership
interests in the sponsor may provide them with an incentive to vote any public shares they own in favor of a business combination, and
make a substantial profit on such interests, even if the business combination is with a target that ultimately declines in value and is
not profitable for other public shareholders.
49
The personal and financial interests of our sponsor, directors and
officers and any holders of our founder shares or our private placement warrants may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting
a target business combination, completing an initial business combination and influencing the operation of the business following the
initial business combination and may result in a misalignment of interests between the holders of our founder shares, including any non-managing
sponsor investors, and our officers and directors, on the one hand, and our public shareholders, on the other. These risks may become
more acute as the deadline to complete our initial business combination nears. In particular, because the founder shares were purchased
at a purchase price of approximately $0.0075 per share, the holders of our founder shares (including any non-managing sponsor investors
and certain of our directors and officers that directly or indirectly own founder shares) could make a substantial profit after our initial
business combination even if our public shareholders lose money on their investment as a result of a decrease in the post-combination
value of their Class A ordinary shares (after accounting for any adjustments in connection with an exchange or other transaction
contemplated by the business combination). For example, a holder of 1,000 founder shares would have paid approximately $3.70 to purchase
such shares. At the time of an initial business combination, such holder would be able to convert such founder shares into 1,000 Class A
ordinary shares, and would receive the same consideration in connection with our initial business combination as a public shareholder
for the same number of Class A ordinary shares. If the trading price of our Class A ordinary shares on a post-combination basis
(after accounting for any adjustments in connection with an exchange or other transaction contemplated by the business combination) were
to decrease to $5.00 per Class A ordinary share, such holder of our founder shares would obtain a profit of approximately $4,999.97
on account of the 1,000 founder shares that the holder had converted into Class A ordinary shares in connection with the initial
business combination. By contrast, a public shareholder holding 1,000 Class A ordinary shares acquired in the offering would lose
approximately $5,000 in connection with the same transaction.
Further,
each of our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the
retention or resignation of any such officers and directors were to be included by a target business as a condition to any agreement
with respect to our initial business combination.
The
nominal purchase price paid by our sponsor for the founder shares may result in significant dilution to the implied value of your public
shares upon the consummation of our initial business combination, and our sponsor is likely to make a substantial profit on its investment
in us in the event we consummate an initial business combination, even if the business combination causes the trading price of our ordinary
shares to materially decline.
We offered our units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit and the
amount in our trust account is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per public share, implying an initial value of $10.00 per public share.
However, prior to the offering, our sponsor paid a nominal aggregate purchase price of $25,000 for the founder shares, or approximately
$0.0075 per share. As a result, the value of your public shares may be significantly diluted upon the consummation of our initial business
combination, when the founder shares are converted into public shares.
The following table shows the public shareholders’ and our sponsor’s
investment per share and how these compare to the implied value of one Class A ordinary share upon the completion of our initial
business combination. The following table assumes that (i) our valuation is $107,475,000 (which is the amount we would have in the
trust account for our initial business combination assuming the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised and following
payment of the underwriters’ deferred underwriting commissions), (ii) no interest is earned on the funds held in the trust
account, (iii) no public shares are redeemed in connection with our initial business combination and (iv) all founder shares
are held by our initial shareholders upon completion of our initial business combination, and does not take into account other potential
impacts on our valuation at the time of the initial business combination, such as (i) the value of our public and private placement
warrants, (ii) the trading price of our Class A ordinary shares, (iii) the initial business combination transaction costs
(other than the payment of $4,025,000 of deferred underwriting commissions), (iv) any equity issued or cash paid to the target’s
sellers, (v) any equity issued to other third party investors, or (vi) the target’s business itself.
Public shares
11,500,000
Founder shares
3,833,333
Total shares
15,333,333
Total funds in trust available for initial
business combination
$ 115,000,000
Public shareholders’
investment per Class A ordinary share (1)
$ 10.00
Sponsor’s investment
per Class B ordinary share (2)
$ 0.0075
Initial implied value per public share
$ 10.00
Implied value per share upon consummation of initial
business combination (3)
$ 7.50
(1) While
the public shareholders’ investment is in both the public shares and the public rights,
for purposes of this table the full investment amount is ascribed to the public shares only.
50
(2) The
total investment in the equity of the company by the sponsor and Roth is $3,275,000, consisting
of (i) $25,000 paid by the sponsor for the founder shares, (ii) $2,000,000 paid
by the sponsor for 2,000,000 private placement warrants, and (iii) $1,250,000 paid by
Roth for 1,250,000 Class B.1 private placement warrants. For purposes of this table, the
full investment amount is ascribed to the founder shares only.
(3) All
founder shares would automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares upon completion
of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holder.
Based
on these assumptions, each Class A ordinary share would have an implied value of $7.50 per share upon completion of our initial
business combination, representing an approximately 27.6% decrease from the initial implied value of $10.00 per public share. While the
implied value of $7.50 per Class A ordinary share upon completion of our initial business combination would represent a dilution
to our public shareholders, this would represent a significant increase in value for our sponsor relative to the price it paid for each
founder share. At $10.00 per Class A ordinary share, the 3,833,333 Class A ordinary shares that the sponsor would own upon
completion of our initial business combination (after automatic conversion of the 3,833,333 founder shares) would have an aggregate implied
value of $33,833,333. As a result, even if the trading price of our Class A ordinary share significantly declines, the value of
the founder shares held by our sponsor will be significantly greater than the amount our sponsor paid to purchase such shares. In addition,
our sponsor could potentially recoup its entire investment in our company even if the trading price of our Class A ordinary shares
after the initial business combination is as low as $0.98 per share. As a result, our sponsor is likely to earn a substantial profit
on its investment in us upon disposition of its Class A ordinary shares even if the trading price of our Class A ordinary shares
declines after we complete our initial business combination. Our sponsor may therefore be economically incentivized to complete an initial
business combination with a riskier, weaker-performing or less-established target business than would be the case if our sponsor
had paid the same per share price for the founder shares as our public shareholders paid for their public shares. The non-managing sponsor
investors will share in any appreciation of the founder shares through their membership interests in the sponsor if we successfully complete
a business combination. Accordingly, non-managing sponsor investors’ interests in the founder shares owned by them indirectly through
their membership interests in the sponsor may provide them with an incentive to vote any public shares they own in favor of a business
combination, and make a substantial profit on such interests, even if the business combination is with a target that ultimately declines
in value and is not profitable for other public shareholders.
This
dilution would increase to the extent that the anti-dilution provisions of the founder shares result in the issuance of Class A
ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the founder shares at the time of our initial business combination
and would become exacerbated to the extent that public shareholders seek redemptions from the trust for their public shares. In addition,
because of the anti-dilution protection in the founder shares, any equity or equity-linked securities issued in connection
with our initial business combination would be disproportionately dilutive to our Class A ordinary shares.
The
value of the founder shares following completion of our initial business combination is likely to be substantially higher than the nominal
price paid for them, even if the trading price of our ordinary shares at such time is substantially less than $10.00 per public share.
Upon the closing of the offering and full exercise of the over-allotment
option, our sponsor and the non-managing sponsor investors (if any) will have invested in us an aggregate of $2,025,000, comprised of
the $25,000 purchase price for the founder shares and the $2,000,000 purchase price for the private placement warrants. Assuming a trading
price of $10.00 per public share upon consummation of our initial business combination, the 3,833,333 founder shares would have an aggregate
implied value of $33,833,333. Even if the trading price of our ordinary shares were as low as $0.98 per share, and the private placement
warrants are worthless, the value of the founder shares would be equal to our sponsor’s and the non-managing sponsor investors’
aggregate initial investment in us. As a result, our sponsor and the non-managing sponsor investors (if any) are likely to be able to
make a substantial profit on its investment in us at a time when our public shares have lost significant value. Accordingly, members of
our management team, who own interests in our sponsor, may be more willing to pursue a business combination with a riskier or less-established
target business than would be the case if our sponsor had paid the same per share price for the founder shares as our public shareholders
paid for their public shares. In addition, our non-managing sponsor investors (if any) may have different interests than other public
shareholders due to their additional upfront investment in the company and their membership interests in the sponsor.
51
The determination of the offering price of
our units and the size of the offering is more arbitrary than the pricing of securities and size of an offering of an operating company
in a particular industry. You may have less assurance, therefore, that the offering price of our units properly reflects the value of
such units than you would have in a typical offering of an operating company.
Prior to the offering there has been no public market for any of our
securities. The public offering price of the units and the terms of the rights were negotiated between us and the underwriters. In determining
the size of the offering, management held customary organizational meetings with the representative of the underwriters, both prior to
our inception and thereafter, with respect to the state of capital markets, generally, and the amount the underwriters believed they reasonably
could raise on our behalf. Factors considered in determining the size of the offering, prices and terms of the public units, including
the Class A ordinary shares and public rights included in the public units, include:
● the
history and prospects of companies whose principal business is the acquisition of other companies;
● prior
offerings of those companies;
● our
prospects for acquiring an operating business at attractive values;
● a
review of debt to equity ratios in leveraged transactions;
● our
capital structure;
● an
assessment of our management and their experience in identifying operating companies;
● general
conditions of the securities markets at the time of the offering; and
● other
factors as were deemed relevant.
Although
these factors were considered, the determination of our offering size, price and terms of the public units is more arbitrary than
the pricing of securities of an operating company in a particular industry since we have no historical operations or financial results.
There
is currently no market for our securities and a market for our securities may not develop, which would adversely affect the liquidity
and price of our securities.
There is currently no market for our securities. Shareholders therefore
have no access to information about prior market history on which to base their investment decision. Following the offering, the price
of our securities may vary significantly due to one or more potential business combinations and general market or economic conditions,
including as a result of geopolitical events like the conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East and Southwest Asia, and economic impacts such
as inflation or the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, an active trading market for our securities may never develop or, if developed, it
may not be sustained. You may be unable to sell your securities unless a market can be established and sustained.
Because
we are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, you may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to
protect your rights through the U.S. Federal courts may be limited.
We
are an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service
of process within the United States upon our directors or officers, or enforce judgments obtained in the United States courts
against our directors or officers.
Our
corporate affairs are governed by our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the Companies Act (as the same may
be supplemented or amended from time to time) and the common law of the Cayman Islands. We are also subject to the federal securities
laws of the United States. The rights of shareholders to take action against the directors, actions by minority shareholders and
the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors to us under Cayman Islands law are to a large extent governed by the common law of the
Cayman Islands. The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the Cayman Islands
as well as from English common law, the decisions of whose courts are of persuasive authority, but are not binding on a court in the
Cayman Islands.
The
rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors under Cayman Islands law are different from what they
would be under statutes or judicial precedent in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has
a different body of securities laws as compared to the United States, and certain states, such as Delaware, may have more fully
developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law. In addition, Cayman Islands companies may not have standing to initiate
a shareholders derivative action in a Federal court of the United States.
52
We
have been advised by Forbes Hare (Cayman) LLP, our Cayman Islands legal counsel, that the courts of the Cayman Islands are unlikely (i) to
recognize or enforce against us judgments of courts of the United States predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal
securities laws of the United States or any state; and (ii) in original actions brought in the Cayman Islands, to impose liabilities
against us predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States or any state, so far
as the liabilities imposed by those provisions are penal in nature. In those circumstances, although there is no statutory enforcement
in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, the courts of the Cayman Islands will recognize and enforce a
foreign money judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without retrial on the merits based on the principle that a judgment
of a competent foreign court imposes upon the judgment debtor an obligation to pay the sum for which judgment has been given provided
certain conditions are met. For a foreign judgment to be enforced in the Cayman Islands, such judgment must be final and conclusive and
for a liquidated sum, and must not be in respect of taxes or a fine or penalty, inconsistent with a Cayman Islands judgment in respect
of the same matter, impeachable on the grounds of fraud or obtained in a manner, or be of a kind the enforcement of which is, contrary
to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands (awards of punitive or multiple damages may well be held to be contrary
to public policy). A Cayman Islands Court may stay enforcement proceedings if concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere.
As
a result of all of the above, public shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions taken
by management, members of the board of directors or controlling shareholders than they would as public shareholders of a United States
company.
After
our initial business combination, it is possible that a majority of our directors and officers will live outside the United States
and all of our assets will be located outside the United States; therefore, investors may not be able to enforce federal securities
laws or their other legal rights.
It
is possible that after our initial business combination, a majority of our directors and officers will reside outside of the United States
and all of our assets will be located outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult, or in some cases not possible,
for investors in the United States to enforce their legal rights, to effect service of process upon all of our directors or officers
or to enforce judgments of United States courts predicated upon civil liabilities and criminal penalties on our directors and officers
under United States laws.
Provisions
in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may inhibit a takeover of us, which could limit the price investors
might be willing to pay in the future for our Class A ordinary shares and could entrench management.
Our
amended and restated memorandum and articles of association contain provisions that may discourage unsolicited takeover proposals that
shareholders may consider to be in their best interests. These provisions include a staggered board of directors and the ability of the
board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series of preference shares, which may make the removal of management more
difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.
Our
amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that the courts of the Cayman Islands will be the exclusive forums
for certain disputes between us and our shareholders, which could limit our shareholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial
forum for complaints against us or our directors, officers or employees.
Our
amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative
forum, the courts of the Cayman Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or dispute arising out of or in connection with
our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or otherwise related in any way to each shareholder’s shareholding
in us, including but not limited to (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting
a claim of breach of any fiduciary or other duty owed by any of our current or former director s , officer s or other employee s
to us or our shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Companies Act or our amended
and restated memorandum and articles of association, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against us governed by the internal affairs
doctrine (as such concept is recognized under the laws of the United States of America) and that each shareholder irrevocably submits
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands over all such claims or disputes. The forum selection provision in
our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will not apply to actions or suits brought to enforce any liability or
duty created by the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of
America are, as a matter of the laws of the United States of America, the sole and exclusive forum for determination of such a claim.
53
Our
amended and restated memorandum and articles of association also provide that, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that
we may have, each of our shareholders acknowledges that damages alone would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the selection
of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum and that accordingly we shall be entitled, without proof of special damages, to
the remedies of injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of the selection of the
courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum.
This
choice of forum provision may increase a shareholder’s cost and limit the shareholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial
forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against
us and our directors, officers and other employees. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any of our shares or other
securities, whether by transfer, sale, operation of law or otherwise, shall be deemed to have notice of and have irrevocably agreed and
consented to these provisions. There is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provisions, and the enforceability of similar
choice of forum provisions in other companies’ charter documents has been challenged in legal proceedings. It is possible that
a court could find this type of provisions to be inapplicable or unenforceable, and if a court were to find this provision in our amended
and restated memorandum and articles of association to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated
with resolving the dispute in other jurisdictions, which could have adverse effect on our business and financial performance.
An investment in the offering may result in
uncertain U.S. federal income tax consequences.
An investment in the offering may result in uncertain U.S. federal
income tax consequences. For instance, because there are no authorities that directly address instruments similar to the units we are
issuing in the offering, the allocation an investor makes with respect to the purchase price of a unit between the Class A ordinary
share and right to receive one-tenth of one Class A ordinary share included in each unit could be challenged by the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service (“ IRS ”) or courts. Finally, it is unclear whether the redemption rights with respect to our Class A
ordinary shares suspend the running of a U.S. Holder’s (as defined in section titled “ Taxation — United States
Federal Income Tax Considerations — U.S. Holders ” in the prospectus) holding period for purposes
of determining whether any gain or loss realized by such holder on the sale or exchange of Class A ordinary shares is long-term capital
gain or loss and for determining whether any dividend we pay would be considered “qualified dividend income” for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. See the section in the prospectus titled “ Taxation — United States Federal Income
Tax Considerations ” for a summary of the U.S. federal income tax considerations of an investment in our securities. Prospective
investors are urged to consult their tax advisors with respect to these and other tax consequences when acquiring, owning or disposing
of our securities. In addition, the U.S. federal income tax consequences of a cashless exercise of private placement warrants is unclear
under current law. We may amend the terms of the warrants in a manner that may be adverse to holders of private warrants with the approval
by the holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding private warrants. As a result, the exercise price of the warrants could be increased,
the exercise period could be shortened and the number of Class A ordinary shares purchasable upon exercise of a warrant could be decreased,
all without your approval.
Our warrants will be issued in registered form under a warrant agreement
between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, and us. The warrant agreement provides that the terms of
the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity or to correct any defective
provision or mistake, including to conform the provisions of the warrant agreement to the description of the terms of the warrants and
the warrant agreement set forth in this Report, (ii) adjusting the provisions relating to cash dividends on ordinary shares as contemplated
by and in accordance with the warrant agreement or (iii) adding or changing any provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under the warrant agreement as the parties to the warrant agreement may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem to not adversely
affect the rights of the registered holders of the warrants, provided that the approval by the holders of at least 50% of the then-outstanding
private warrants is required to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders of private warrants. Accordingly,
we may amend the terms of the private warrants in a manner adverse to a holder of private warrants if holders of at least 50% of the then
outstanding private warrants approve of such amendment. Although our ability to amend the terms of the private warrants with the consent
of at least 50% of the then outstanding private warrants is unlimited, examples of such amendments could be amendments to, among other
things, increase the exercise price of the warrants, convert the warrants into cash or shares, shorten the exercise period or decrease
the number of Class A ordinary shares purchasable upon exercise of a warrant.
54
Our
warrant agreement designates the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District
of New York as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by holders of our
warrants, which could limit the ability of warrant holders to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our company.
Our
warrant agreement provides that, subject to applicable law, (i) any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating
in any way to the warrant agreement, including under the Securities Act, will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York
or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and (ii) that we irrevocably submit to such
jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. We will waive any objection to
such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. With respect to any complaint asserting a cause of
action arising under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, we note, however, that there is uncertainty
as to whether a court would enforce this provision and that investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the
rules and regulations thereunder. Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for state and federal courts
over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, these provisions of the warrant agreement will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by
the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and
exclusive forum. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our warrants shall be deemed to have notice
of and to have consented to the forum provisions in our warrant agreement. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope
the forum provisions of the warrant agreement, is filed in a court other than a court of the State of New York or the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York (a “foreign action”) in the name of any holder of our warrants,
such holder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State
of New York in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement action”),
and (y) having service of process made upon such warrant holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such warrant holder’s
counsel in the foreign action as agent for such warrant holder. This choice-of-forum provision may limit a warrant holder’s ability
to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with our company, which may discourage such lawsuits. Alternatively,
if a court were to find this provision of our warrant agreement inapplicable or unenforceable with respect to one or more of the specified
types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could
materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and result in a diversion of the time and
resources of our management and board of directors.
A
provision of our warrant agreement may make it more difficult for us to consummate an initial business combination.
If
(i) we issue additional ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing
of our initial business combination at a Newly Issued Price of less than $9.20 per Class A ordinary share, (ii) the
aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available
for the funding of our initial business combination, and (iii) the Market Value of our Class A ordinary shares is below
$9.20 per share, then the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of
the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger prices described below under Exhibit
“ Description of Securities — Warrants — Private warrants — Redemption of
warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00 ” will be adjusted (to the nearest cent)
to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price. This may make it more difficult for us to
consummate an initial business combination with a target business.
We
may redeem unexpired warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to the holder, thereby making your warrants worthless.
Except
for the non-managing member Class B.2 private placement warrants, we have the ability to redeem outstanding warrants at any time
prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.01 per warrant, provided that the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals
or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like)
for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading-day period commencing at least 30 days after completion of our initial
business combination and ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we give proper notice of such redemption
to the warrants holders and provided certain other conditions are met. We will not redeem the warrants as described above unless a registration
statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is
then effective and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares is available throughout the measurement period.
If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may not exercise our redemption right if the issuance of ordinary shares upon exercise
of the warrants is not exempt from registration or qualification under applicable state blue sky laws or we are unable to effect such
registration or qualification. We will use our best efforts to register or qualify such ordinary shares under the blue sky laws of the
state of residence in those states in which the warrants were offered by us in the offering. Redemption of the outstanding warrants
could force you to (i) exercise your warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous for you
to do so, (ii) sell your warrants at the then-current market price when you might otherwise wish to hold your warrants or (iii) accept
the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding warrants are called for redemption, is likely to be substantially less
than the market value of your warrants.
55
Our
warrants may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A ordinary shares and make it more difficult to effectuate
our initial business combination.
We
will be issuing in a private placement an aggregate of 3,250,000 private placement warrants, at $1.00 per warrant. In addition, if the
sponsor makes any working capital loans, it may convert those loans into up to an additional 1,500,000 private placement Class B.1
private placement warrants, at the price of $1.00 per warrant. To the extent we issue ordinary shares to effectuate a business transaction,
the potential for the issuance of a substantial number of additional Class A ordinary shares upon exercise of these warrants could
make us a less attractive acquisition vehicle to a target business. Such warrants, when exercised, will increase the number of issued
and outstanding Class A ordinary shares and reduce the value of the Class A ordinary shares issued to complete the business
transaction. Therefore, our warrants may make it more difficult to effectuate a business transaction or increase the cost of acquiring
the target business.
The
private placement warrants cannot be exercised unless we register and qualify the underlying Class A ordinary shares or certain
exemptions are available.
If
the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares upon exercise of the warrants is not registered, qualified or exempt from registration
or qualification under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, holders of warrants will not be entitled to exercise
such warrants and such warrants may have no value and expire worthless.
We did not register the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon
exercise of the private placement warrants in the registration statement. However, because the warrants will be exercisable until their
expiration date of up to five years after the completion of our initial business combination, in order to comply with the requirements
of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act following the consummation of our initial business combination, under the terms of
the warrant agreement, we have agreed that, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days, after the closing
of our initial business combination, we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a new registration statement
covering the registration under the Securities Act of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the private
placement warrants and thereafter will use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days
following our initial business combination and to maintain a current prospectus relating to the Class A ordinary shares issuable
upon exercise of the warrants until the expiration of the warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. We cannot
assure you that we will be able to do so if, for example, any facts or events arise which represent a fundamental change in the information
set forth in the registration statement or prospectus, the financial statements contained or incorporated by reference therein are not
current or correct or the SEC issues a stop order.
If
the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are not registered under the Securities Act, under the terms
of the warrant agreement, holders of warrants who seek to exercise their warrants will not be permitted to do so for cash and, instead,
will be required to do so on a cashless basis in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption.
In
no event will warrants be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and we will not be obligated to issue any shares to holders seeking
to exercise their warrants, unless the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws
of the state of the exercising holder, or an exemption from registration or qualification is available.
If
our Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that
they satisfy the definition of “covered securities” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, we may, at our
option, not permit holders of warrants who seek to exercise their warrants to do so for cash and, instead, require them to do so on a
cashless basis in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act; in the event we so elect, we will not be required
to file or maintain in effect a registration statement or register or qualify the shares underlying the warrants under applicable state
securities laws.
In
no event will we be required to net cash settle any warrant, or issue securities (other than upon a cashless exercise as described above)
or other compensation in exchange for the warrants in the event that we are unable to register or qualify the shares underlying the warrants
under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws.
56
Holders
may only be able to exercise the private warrants on a “cashless basis” under certain circumstances, and will receive fewer
Class A ordinary shares from such exercise than if exercising such warrants for cash.
The
warrant agreement provides that in the following circumstances holders of warrants who seek to exercise their warrants will not be permitted
to do for cash and will, instead, be required to do so on a cashless basis in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities
Act: (i) if the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are not registered under the Securities Act
in accordance with the terms of the warrant agreement; (ii) if we have so elected and the Class A ordinary shares are at the
time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of “covered
securities” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act; and (iii) if we have so elected and we call the private
warrants for redemption.
If
you exercise your private warrants on a cashless basis, you would pay the warrant exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that
number of Class A ordinary shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Class A
ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “fair market value” of our Class A ordinary
shares (as defined in the next sentence) over the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market
value” is the average reported closing price of the Class A ordinary shares for the 10 trading days ending on the
third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of exercise is received by the warrant agent or on which the notice
of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants, as applicable. As a result, you would receive fewer Class A ordinary shares from
such exercise than if you were to exercise such warrants for cash.
Whether
a redemption of Class A ordinary shares will be treated as a sale of such Class A ordinary shares for U.S. federal income
tax purposes will depend on a shareholder’s specific facts.
The
U.S. federal income tax treatment of a redemption of Class A ordinary shares will depend on whether the redemption qualifies
as a sale of such Class A ordinary shares under Section 302(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”),
which will depend largely on the total number of our shares treated as held by the shareholder electing to redeem Class A ordinary
shares (including any shares constructively owned by the holder as a result of owning private placement warrants, public rights or otherwise)
relative to all of our shares outstanding both before and after the redemption. If such redemption is not treated as a sale of Class A
ordinary shares for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the redemption will instead be treated as a corporate distribution of cash
from us. For more information about the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the redemption of Class A ordinary shares, see
the sections entitled “Certain Income Tax Considerations — U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — Considerations
for U.S. Holders — Redemption or Repurchase of Class A Ordinary Shares for Cash” or “Certain Income
Tax Considerations — U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — Considerations for Non-U.S. Holders — Redemption
or Repurchase of Class A Ordinary Shares for Cash,” as applicable.
We
may amend the terms of the rights in a manner that may be adverse to holders of public rights with the approval by the holders of at
least 50% of the then outstanding public rights .
Our
rights will be issued in registered form under a rights agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as rights
agent, and us. The rights agreement provides that the terms of the rights may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any
ambiguity or correct any defective provision, but requires the approval by the holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding public
rights to make any change that adversely affects the rights of the registered holders of public rights under the rights agreement. Accordingly,
we may amend the terms of the public rights in a manner adverse to a holder if holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding public
rights approve of such amendment.
Our
rights agreement designates the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District
of New York as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by holders of our
rights, which could limit the ability of rights holders to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our company.
Our
rights agreement provides that, subject to applicable law, (i) any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating
in any way to the rights agreement, including under the Securities Act, will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York
or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and (ii) that we irrevocably submit to such
jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. We will waive any objection to
such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. With respect to any complaint asserting a cause of
action arising under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, we note, however, that there is uncertainty
as to whether a court would enforce this provision and that investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the
rules and regulations thereunder. Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for state and federal courts
over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.
57
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, these provisions of the rights agreement do not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the
Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive
forum. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our rights shall be deemed to have notice of and
to have consented to the forum provisions in our rights agreement. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope the
forum provisions of the rights agreement, is filed in a court other than a court of the State of New York or the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York (a “foreign action”) in the name of any holder of our rights, such
holder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State
of New York in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement action”),
and (y) having service of process made upon such rights holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such rights holder’s
counsel in the foreign action as agent for such rights holder. This choice-of-forum provision may limit a rights holder’s ability
to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with our company, which may discourage such lawsuits. Alternatively,
if a court were to find this provision of our rights agreement inapplicable or unenforceable with respect to one or more of the specified
types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could
materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and result in a diversion of the time and
resources of our management and board of directors.
Our
rights may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A ordinary shares and make it more difficult to effectuate our initial
business combination.
Our units include 10,000,000 rights (11,500,000 rights if the underwriters
exercise their over-allotment option) which convert on a 10-to-1 basis upon the consummation of our initial business combination. As such,
upon the consummation of our initial business combination the rights will convert into 1,000,000 Class A ordinary shares (or 1,150,000
Class A ordinary shares if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in the offering). In addition, our initial shareholders,
officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, make certain loans to us, up to $1,500,000 of which may be converted
upon consummation of our initial business combination into additional private placement warrants at a price of $1.00 per private placement
warrant (which, for example, would result in the holders being issued private placement warrants entitling the holder to an aggregate
of 1,500,000 Class A ordinary shares upon exercise of the private placement warrants after the consummation of our initial business combination.
To the extent we issue Class A ordinary shares to effectuate a business transaction, the potential for the issuance of a substantial number
of additional Class A ordinary shares upon conversion of our rights could make us a less attractive acquisition vehicle to a target business.
Any such issuance will increase the number of issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares and reduce the value of the Class A ordinary
shares issued to complete the business transaction. Therefore, our rights may make it more difficult to effectuate a business combination
or increase the cost of acquiring the target business.
Holders
of Class A ordinary shares will not be entitled to vote on continuing the company in a jurisdiction outside of the Cayman Islands.
As
holders of our Class A ordinary shares, our public shareholders will not have the right to vote on continuing the company in a jurisdiction
outside of the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend our constitutional documents or to adopt new constitutional
documents, in each case, as a result of our approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside of the Cayman Islands).
The
grant of registration rights to our sponsor, Roth and other holders of our private placement warrants may make it more difficult to complete
our initial business combination, and the future exercise of such rights may adversely affect the market price of our Class A ordinary
shares.
Pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into concurrently
with the issuance and sale of the securities in the offering, our sponsor, Roth, and each of their permitted transferees can demand that
we register the Class A ordinary shares into which founder shares are convertible, holders of our private placement warrants and
their permitted transferees can demand that we register the private placement warrants and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon
conversion of their private rights or holders of securities that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans and their permitted
transferees may demand that we register such units, shares, rights or the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of the
rights and any other securities of the company acquired by them prior to the consummation of our initial business combination. We will
bear the cost of registering these securities. The registration and availability of such a significant number of securities for trading
in the public market may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A ordinary shares. In addition, the existence of
the registration rights may make our initial business combination more costly or difficult to conclude. This is because the shareholders
of the target business may increase the equity stake they seek in the combined entity or ask for more cash consideration to offset the
negative impact on the market price of our Class A ordinary shares that is expected when the ordinary shares owned by our initial
shareholders, holders of our private placement warrants or holders of our working capital loans or their respective permitted transferees
are registered.
58
General
Risk Factors
We
are a blank check company with no operating history and no revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve
our business objective.
We are a blank check company incorporated on June 5, 2024 under
the laws of the Cayman Islands with no operating results, and we will not commence operations until obtaining funding through the offering.
Because we lack an operating history, you have no basis upon which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective of completing
our initial business combination. We have no plans, arrangements or understandings with any prospective target business concerning a business
combination and may be unable to complete our initial business combination. If we fail to complete our initial business combination, we
will never generate any operating revenues.
Past
performance by our management team, our advisors and their respective affiliates, including investments and transactions in which they
have participated and businesses with which they have been associated, may not be indicative of future performance of an investment in
the company.
Information
regarding our management team, our advisors and their respective affiliates, including investments and transactions in which they have
participated and businesses with which they have been associated, is presented for informational purposes only. Any past experience and
performance by our management team, our advisors and their respective affiliates and the businesses with which they have been associated,
is not a guarantee that we will be able to successfully identify a suitable candidate for our initial business combination, that we will
be able to provide positive returns to our shareholders, or of any results with respect to any initial business combination we may consummate.
You should not rely on the historical experiences of our management team, our advisors and their respective affiliates, including investments
and transactions in which they have participated and businesses with which they have been associated, as indicative of the future performance
of an investment in us or as indicative of every prior investment by each of the members of our management team, our advisors or their
respective affiliates. The market price of our securities may be influenced by numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control,
and our shareholders may experience losses on their investment in our securities.
Cyber
incidents or attacks directed at us could result in information theft, data corruption, operational disruption and/or financial loss.
We
depend on digital technologies, including information systems, infrastructure and cloud applications and services, including those of
third parties with which we may deal. Sophisticated and deliberate attacks on, or security breaches in, our systems or infrastructure,
or the systems or infrastructure of third parties or the cloud, could lead to corruption or misappropriation of our assets, proprietary
information and sensitive or confidential data. As an early stage company without significant investments in data security protection,
we may not be sufficiently protected against such occurrences. We may not have sufficient resources to adequately protect against, or
to investigate and remediate any vulnerability to, cyber incidents. It is possible that any of these occurrences, or a combination of
them, could have adverse consequences on our business and lead to financial loss.
We
may be a passive foreign investment company, or “PFIC,” which could result in adverse United States federal income tax
consequences to U.S. investors.
If we are a PFIC for any taxable year (or portion thereof) that is
included in the holding period of a U.S. Holder (as defined in the section of this Report captioned “ Taxation — United States
Federal Income Tax Considerations — U.S Holders ”) of our Class A ordinary shares or public rights, the
U.S. Holder may be subject to adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences and may be subject to additional reporting requirements.
Our PFIC status for our current and subsequent taxable years may depend on whether we qualify for the PFIC start-up exception. Depending
on the particular circumstances the application of the start-up exception may be subject to uncertainty, and there cannot be any assurance
that we will qualify for the start-up exception. Our actual PFIC status for any taxable year, however, will not be determinable until
after the end of such taxable year (and, in the case of the start-up exception, potentially not until after the two taxable years
following our current taxable year). Accordingly, there can be no assurances with respect to our status as a PFIC for our current taxable
year or any subsequent taxable year. Moreover, if we determine we are a PFIC for any taxable year, upon written request, we will endeavor
to provide to a U.S. Holder such information as the IRS may require, including a PFIC annual information statement, in order to enable
the U.S. Holder to make and maintain a “qualified electing fund” election, but there can be no assurance that we will
timely provide such required information, and such election would likely be unavailable with respect to our public rights in all cases.
We urge U.S. investors to consult their own tax advisors regarding the possible application of the PFIC rules.
59
If
our initial business combination involves a company organized under the laws of the United States (or any subdivision thereof),
a U.S. federal excise tax could be imposed on us in connection with any redemptions of our Class A ordinary shares after or
in connection with such initial business combination.
The
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 provides for, among other things, a new 1% U.S. federal excise tax on certain repurchases
(including redemptions) of stock by publicly traded U.S. corporations after December 31, 2022 (the “stock buyback tax”),
subject to certain exceptions. If applicable, the amount of the stock buyback tax is generally 1% of the aggregate fair market value
of any stock repurchased by the corporation during a taxable year, net of the aggregate fair market value of certain new stock issuances
by the repurchasing corporation during the same taxable year. The Biden administration has proposed increasing the stock buyback tax
rate from 1% to 4%; however, it is unclear whether such a change will be enacted and, if enacted, how soon it could take effect. In addition,
the U.S. Treasury Department and IRS have released preliminary guidance that would potentially cause a non-U.S. corporation’s
U.S. subsidiaries to be subject to the stock buyback tax with respect to any share repurchases made by the non-U.S. corporation
under certain circumstances.
As
an entity incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company, the stock buyback tax is currently not expected to apply to redemptions
of our Class A ordinary shares (absent any regulations or other additional guidance that may be issued in the future).However, in
connection with an initial business combination involving a company organized under the laws of the United States (or any subdivision
thereof), it is possible that we domesticate and continue as a Delaware corporation prior to certain redemptions. Because we expect that,
following such a domestication, our securities would continue to trade on Nasdaq, in such a case we could be subject to the stock buyback
tax with respect to any subsequent redemptions (including redemptions in connection with the initial business combination) that are treated
as repurchases for this purpose. In all cases, whether and to what extent we would be subject to the stock buyback tax will depend on
a number of factors, including (i) the structure of the initial business combination, including the extent to which the initial
business combination involves a U.S. corporation and the extent to which we issue shares in the initial business combination or
otherwise during the same taxable year that are eligible to offset any redemptions or other repurchases, (ii) the fair market value
of the shares redeemed and (iii) the extent such redemptions could be treated as dividends and not as repurchases. The applicability
of the stock buyback tax to us could be further affected by the content of any regulations, clarifications or other additional guidance
from the U.S. Treasury Department that may be issued and applicable to the redemptions.
Any
stock buyback tax that becomes payable as a result of any redemptions of our Class A ordinary shares (or other shares into which
such Class A ordinary shares may be converted) in connection with our initial business combination or otherwise would be payable
by us and not by the redeeming holder. To the extent such taxes are applicable, the amount of cash available to pay redemptions or to
transfer to the target business in connection with our initial business combination may be reduced, which could result in our inability
to meet conditions in the agreement relating to our initial business combination related to a minimum cash requirement, if any, or otherwise
result in the shareholders of the combined company (including any of our shareholders who do not exercise their redemption rights in
connection with the initial business combination) to economically bear the impact of such stock buyback tax.
We
are an emerging growth company and a smaller reporting company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of
certain exemptions from disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies or smaller reporting companies, this could make
our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies.
We
are an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage
of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth
companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor internal controls attestation requirements of
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and
proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder
approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. As a result, our shareholders may not have access to certain information
they may deem important. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although circumstances could cause us to lose
that status earlier, including if the market value of our Class A ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million
as of any June 30 th before that time, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following
December 31 st . We cannot predict whether investors will find our securities less attractive because we will rely on these
exemptions. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result of our reliance on these exemptions, the trading prices
of our securities may be lower than they otherwise would be, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the trading
prices of our securities may be more volatile.
60
Further,
Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial
accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective
or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial
accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the
requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt
out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for
public or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt
the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of our financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging
growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because
of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Additionally,
we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting
companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years
of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the
market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates is equal to or exceeds $250 million as of the prior June 30 th ,
or (2) our annual revenues equaled or exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our ordinary
shares held by non-affiliates is equal to or exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30. To the extent we take advantage
of such reduced disclosure obligations, it may also make comparison of our financial statements with other public companies difficult
or impossible.
Changes
in the market for directors and officers liability insurance could make it more difficult and more expensive for us to negotiate and
complete an initial business combination.
The
market for directors and officers liability insurance for special purpose acquisition companies has changed in ways adverse to us and
our management team. Fewer insurance companies are offering quotes for directors and officers liability coverage, the premiums charged
for such policies have generally increased and the terms of such policies have generally become less favorable. These trends may continue
into the future.
The
increased cost and decreased availability of directors and officers liability insurance could make it more difficult and more expensive
for us to negotiate an initial business combination. In order to obtain directors and officers liability insurance or modify its coverage
as a result of becoming a public company, the post-business combination entity might need to incur greater expense, accept less favorable
terms or both. However, any failure to obtain adequate directors and officers liability insurance could have an adverse impact on the
post-business combination’s ability to attract and retain qualified officers and directors.
In
addition, even after we were to complete an initial business combination, our directors and officers could still be subject to potential
liability from claims arising from conduct alleged to have occurred prior to the initial business combination. As a result, in order
to protect our directors and officers, the post-business combination entity may need to purchase additional insurance with respect to
any such claims (“run-off insurance”). The need for run-off insurance would be an added expense for the post-business combination
entity, and could interfere with or frustrate our ability to consummate an initial business combination on terms favorable to our investors.
Recent
increases in inflation in the United States and elsewhere could make it more difficult for us to complete our initial business combination.
Recent
increases in inflation in the United States and elsewhere may lead to increased price volatility for publicly traded securities,
including ours, or other national, regional or international economic disruptions, any of which could make it more difficult for us to
complete our initial business combination.
61
Item 1B.
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None
Item 1C.
CYBERSECURITY
We
are a special purpose acquisition company with no business operations. Since our initial public offering, our sole business activity
has been identifying and evaluation suitable targets for an initial business combination. Therefore, we do not consider that we face
significant cybersecurity risk and have not adopted any cybersecurity risk management program or formal processes for assessing, identifying,
and managing material risks from cybersecurity threats. Our board of directors is ultimately responsible for overseeing the risk management
activities in general and, as deemed necessary by our management team, will be informed of any cybersecurity threats or risks that may
arise. In fiscal year 2024, we did not identify any risks from cybersecurity threats that have materially affected or are reasonably
likely to materially affect us, including our business strategy and results of operations.
Item 2.
PROPERTIES
We
maintain our principal executive office at 2445 Augustine Dr., STE 150, Santa Clara, CA 95054. Our telephone number is (408) 734-6022.
We consider our current office space adequate for our current operations.
Item 3.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
To
the knowledge of management, there is no material litigation, arbitration or governmental proceeding currently pending against us, any
of our officers or directors in their capacity as such or against any of our property.
Item 4.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
None
62
PART II
Item 5.
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
Market
Information
Our
units, Class A Ordinary Shares and rights are each traded on Nasdaq under the symbols “SPEGU,” “SPEG” and
“SPEGR,” respectively. Our units commenced public trading on July 15, 2025. Our Class A Ordinary Shares and warrants
began separate trading on September 4, 2025.
Holders
On March 6, 2026, there was one holder of record for our units, one
holder of record for our Class A Ordinary Shares, one holder of record of our Class B Ordinary Shares and one holder of record
of our rights. The number of record holders was determined from the records of our transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners
of Ordinary Shares whose shares are held in the names of various security brokers, dealers, and registered clearing agencies.
Dividends
We
have not paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of our
initial business combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital
requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of our initial business combination. The payment of any cash dividends
subsequent to our initial business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time. Further, if we incur
any indebtedness, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.
Securities
Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
None.
Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities; Use of Proceeds from Registered Offerings
Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities
In
June 2024, our sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.006 per share, to cover certain of our offering costs in exchange for 4,312,500
Class B ordinary shares or founder shares (or $0.007 per share for 3,750,000 founder shares if the underwriters do not exercise the over-allotment
option and 562,500 founder shares are forfeited as a result). Subsequently, on February 6, 2025, the Company, through a share capitalization,
issued the sponsor an additional 1,437,500 Class B ordinary shares as bonus shares, bringing the aggregate number of founder shares to
5,750,000. On May 7, 2025, the Sponsor surrendered 1,916,667 Class B ordinary shares, leaving 3,833,333 Class B ordinary shares, at a
price per share of approximately $0.0075.
63
The number of founder shares outstanding was determined based on the
expectation that the total size of the offering would be a maximum of 11,500,000 units if the underwriters’ over-allotment
option is exercised in full, and therefore that such founder shares would represent 25% of the outstanding shares after the offering.
Up to 500,000 of the founder shares will be surrendered for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriters’
over-allotment is exercised.
Our sponsor and Roth purchased an aggregate of 3,250,000 private placement
warrants (), at a price of $1.00 per private placement warrant, or $3,250,000 in the aggregate (, in a private placement that will close
simultaneously with the closing of the offering. Of those 3,250,000 private placement warrants, our sponsor has agreed to purchase 2,000,000 private
placement warrants (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) and Roth has agreed to purchase
1,250,000 private placement warrants, which will be Class B.1 private placement warrants. Of the 2,000,000 private placement warrants
purchased by the sponsor, the non-managing sponsor investors through the sponsor, will have economic interests in the 1,000,000 Class
B.2 private placement warrants. The private placement warrants will also be worthless if we do not complete our initial business combination.
The private placement warrants will be identical except that, so long as they are held by our sponsor or its permitted transferees, the
private placement warrants (i) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until
30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, and (ii) will be entitled to registration rights. In addition,
the private placement warrants will be identical except that the Class B.2 private placement warrants will (i) be non-redeemable; (ii)
will not be subject to any forfeiture, transfer, exchange or amendment of the terms in connection with the business combination without
the consent of the non-managing sponsor investors; and (iii) for a period beginning on the closing date of the Company’s initial
business combination and ending on the expiration date of the Warrants, the Registered Holders shall have the right, but not the obligation,
to exchange any of their Warrants for a number of Class A Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) $0.60 by (y) the Market
Price (as defined below) of the Class A Shares as of the date of such exchange; provided, however, that, in the case of clause (iii),
the registered holders, to the extent that they are not non-managing sponsor member investors, may not exchange any warrants without the
consent of these non-managing sponsor member investors; and provided further that, during the period set forth in clause (iii), if these
non-managing sponsor member investors provide to the registered holders written instructions to exchange the warrants as provided in clause
(iii), the registered holders will exchange the warrants in accordance with those instructions. The “Market Price” of the
Class A ordinary shares as of any date shall mean an amount equal to the trading volume weighted average price of the Class A ordinary
shares on the principal market on which the Class A ordinary shares then trade as of such date for the ten (10) trading days immediately
preceding such date.
These
issuances were made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
No
underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sales.
Use of
Proceeds
In connection with the initial public offering, we incurred offering
costs of $6,471,835 (including deferred underwriting commissions of $ $4,025,000). Other incurred offering costs consisted principally
of preparation fees related to the initial public offering. After deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions (excluding the
deferred portion, which amount will be payable upon consummation of the initial business combination, if consummated) and the initial
public offering expenses, $115,000,000 of the net proceeds from our initial public offering and the sale of the placement shares were
placed in the trust account.
There
has been no material change in the planned use of the proceeds from the initial public offering and the sale of the placement shares
as is described in the company’s final prospectus related to the initial public offering.
Purchase
of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
None.
64
Item 6.
[RESERVED]
Item 7.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
References
in this Report to “we,” “us” or the “Company” refer to Silver Pegasus Acquisition Corp. References
to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors, and references to the “Sponsor”
refer to SilverLode Capital LLC . The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations
should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Report. Certain information
contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward- looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
The
following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction
with our audited financial statements and the notes related thereto which are included in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes
forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a
result of many factors, including those set forth under “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factor Summary,”
“Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Overview
We
are a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on June 5, 2024 formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation,
share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar Business Combination with one or more businesses (the “Business
Combination”). We intend to effectuate our Business Combination using cash derived from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering
and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, shares and debt.
We
expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete
a Business Combination will be successful.
Results
of Operations
We
have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities from June 5, 2024 (inception) through
December 31, 2025 were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering, described below, and identifying
a target company for a Business Combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Business
Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account. We incur
expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due
diligence expenses.
For
the year ended December 31, 2025, we had a net income of $2,948, which consists of loss on derivative liability of $1,612,150,
transaction costs of $111,382, and general and administrative costs of $382,325, offset by interest earned on marketable securities
held in the Trust Account of $2,108,805. General and administrative costs for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to the
period from June 5, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024 was significantly higher primarily due to accounting and legal fees
related to the IPO and completing a business combination.
For
the period from June 5, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, we had a net loss of $50,041, which is entirely consists of general
and administrative expenses.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources and Going Concern
On
July 16, 2025, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 11,500,000 Units, which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of
their over-allotment option in the amount of 1,500,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $115,000,000, which is
discussed in Note 3. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 3,250,000 Private Placement
Warrants, comprising of two classes of warrants, consisting of Class B.1 warrants and Class B.2 warrants, at a price of $1.00 per Private
Placement Warrant, in a private placement to the Sponsor, and the representatives of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering,
generating gross proceeds of $3,250,000.
Following
the Initial Public Offering, the full exercise of the over-allotment option, and the sale of the Units, a total of $115,000,000 was placed
in the Trust Account. We incurred $6,471,835 in Initial Public Offering related costs, consisting of $2,000,000 of cash underwriting
fee, $4,025,000 of deferred underwriting fee, and $446,835 of other offering costs.
65
For
the period from June 5, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, net cash used in operating activities was $0. Net loss of $50,041
was impacted by payment of expenses through promissory note of $15,873, payment of formation costs through promissory note – related
party of $8,081, and operating costs applied to prepaid contributed by sponsor through promissory note – related party of $26,000.
Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $87 of prepaid expenses from operating activities.
As
of December 31, 2025, we had marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $117,108,805 (including approximately $2,108,805 of interest
income) consisting of U.S. Treasury Bills with a maturity of 185 days or less. We may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay
taxes, if any. We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest
earned on the Trust Account (less income taxes payable), to complete our Business Combination. To the extent that our share capital or
debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account
will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our
growth strategies.
As
of December 31, 2025, we had cash of $378,794. We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate
target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar
locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of
prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.
In
order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, or certain
of our officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete a Business
Combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the
working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for
such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be converted into Class B.1 warrants of the post Business Combination
entity at a price of $1.00 per private warrant at the option of the lender. The units would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.
In
connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASC 205-40, “Going Concern,”
as of December 31, 2025, the Company may need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor, shareholders,
officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company
funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s
working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional
capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to,
curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide
any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. Additionally, if a Business Combination
is not consummated by the end of the Combination Period, currently January 16, 2027, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent
dissolution of the Company.
The
Company’s liquidity condition and mandatory liquidation raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as
a going concern for a period of time within one year after the date that the accompanying financial statements are issued. Management
plans to address this uncertainty through a Business Combination. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or
liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after the Combination Period. The Company intends to complete the initial Business
Combination before the end of the Combination Period. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to consummate
any Business Combination by the end of the Combination Period.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We
have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2025. We do not
participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable
interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered
into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other
entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.
Contractual
obligations
We
do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement
with the Sponsor or an affiliate, to pay an aggregate of $10,000 per month for office space, utilities, and secretarial and administrative
support. We began incurring these fees on July 14, 2025 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion
of the Business Combination and our liquidation.
The
underwriters have a 45-day option from the date of the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 units to
cover over-allotments, if any. On July 16, 2025, simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the underwriters fully
exercised the over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,500,000 Units.
66
Critical
Accounting Policies
The
preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure
of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statement, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Making
estimates requires management to exercise significant judgement. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of
a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statement, which management considered in formulating
its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could materially
differ from those estimates. As of December 31, 2025, we did not have any critical accounting estimates to be disclosed.
Class
A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
We
account for our ordinary shares subject to possible conversion in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”)
Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption are classified as a liability
instrument and measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights
that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within our
control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. Our ordinary
shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future
events. Accordingly, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of
the shareholders’ equity section of our balance sheets.
Net
Income (Loss) Per Ordinary Share
The
Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Income and losses
are shared pro rata to the shares. Net income (loss) per Ordinary Share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number
of Ordinary Shares outstanding for the period. Accretion associated with the redeemable Ordinary Shares is excluded from income (loss)
per Ordinary Share as the redemption value approximates fair value.
Recent
Accounting Standards
In
November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures”.
The amendments in this ASU require disclosures, on an annual and interim basis, of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided
to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), as well as the aggregate amount of other segment items included in the reported
measure of segment profit or loss. The ASU requires that a public entity disclose the title and position of the CODM and an explanation
of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s) of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate
resources. Public entities will be required to provide all annual disclosures currently required by Topic 280 in interim periods,
and entities with a single reportable segment are required to provide all the disclosures required by the amendments in this ASU and
existing segment disclosures in Topic 280. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and
interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07
on January 1, 2025.
Management
does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material
effect on our financial statements.
Item 7A.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We
are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise
required under this item.
Item 8.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
This
information appears following Item 15 of this Report and is included herein by reference.
Item 9.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
67
Item 9A.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure
controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed
under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and
forms. Disclosure controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to
our management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure.
As
required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer carried out an evaluation
of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2025. Based upon their
evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were effective, Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements
included in this Annual Report present fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows
for the period presented.
Management’s
Report on Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
This
Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting
or an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules of the
SEC for newly public companies.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There
were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected,
or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B.
OTHER INFORMATION
During
the year ended December 31, 2025, none of our directors or executive officers adopted or terminated any contract, instruction
or written plan for the purchase or sale of our securities to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or
any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as such term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9C.
DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
Not
applicable.
68
PART III
Item 10.
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.
Officers
and Directors
Our
officers and director are as follows:
Name
Age
Position
Cesar Johnston
62
Chairman of the Board of
Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer
George Jones
71
Chief Operating Officer
and Director
Hassan Parsa
63
Director
Mike Noonen
62
Director
Anthony D. Eisenberg
43
Director
Mr. Cesar Johnston ,
our founding director (appointed on June 5, 2024), and our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (appointed on
June 28, 2024), was previously at Energous Corporation (“Energous”) from July 2014 until June 2024. Energous
develops silicon-based wireless power transfer (WPT) technologies and customizable reference designs including innovative silicon
chips, antennas, software, and transmission systems for a large variety of applications, such as Radio Frequency Tags, and
IoTSensors across the Retail, Industrial, Smart Home and Office, and Medical markets. Mr. Johnston served as their Chief
Executive Officer from December 2021 until March 2024, and President from June 2023 until March 2024, and Board
Director from June 2023 to June 2024. Mr. Johnston held various other executive management roles while at Energous,
including Acting Chief Executive Officer from July 2021 to December 2021, Office of the CEO, Chief Operating Officer,
Executive Vice President of Engineering and Operations, and Senior Vice President of Engineering. Mr. Johnston also served as
an advisor to KINS Capital, LLC the sponsor entity to KINS Technology Group, a SPAC, from December 2020 through
March 2023, which completed a business combination with CXApp Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: “CXAI”). At the time of the
business combination, 99.3% of the public shares had been redeemed. The share price at the close of business on December 26, 2024
was $1.915. Prior to joining Energous, from March 2006 to September 2013, Mr. Johnston’s last position at
Marvell Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVL) was Vice President of Engineering for Wireless Connectivity. Marvell Technology Inc. is
a developer and producer of semiconductors and related technology, where Mr. Johnston was responsible for R&D and
development of all Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM, and NFC products. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Johnston was a Senior Director at Broadcom
Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO), a developer, manufacturer and global supplier of semiconductor and infrastructure software products, where
he was responsible for Wi-Fi VLSI and Systems Hardware development products. Mr. Johnston is recognized in the technology
development of multiple WiFi wireless products. He serves on the Chief Technology Officer Council for the Global Semiconductor
Alliance (GSA). He also serves as an Strategic Advisor to Axiado Corporation since September 2025 providing Technical, Operational
and Financial advice. Mr. Johnston received both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the New York
University — Tandon School of Engineering and holds a Certificate of Business Excellence (COBE) from the University
of California, Berkeley. He is an IEEE Senior Member, and he holds more than 50 US and International patents. Mr. Johnston is
well-qualified to serve as a chief executive officer due to his extensive leadership positions and deep technology
experience.
69
George
Jones serves as our chief operating officer and a director of the Company. As Managing Director at Woodside Capital Securities Inc.
(a registered broker-dealer located in Palo Alto, California, “Woodside Capital”) since September 2021, Mr. Jones leads the
semiconductor practice and provides strategic advice to private and public companies within the hardware, software, and service domains.
He has over 30 years of operating experience and advises semiconductor, embedded software and sensor companies on M&A and strategic
financing transactions. Before Woodside Capital, from January 2020 through January 2021, Mr. Jones served as Chief Business Officer at
Matrix Industries, Inc., managing sales, marketing, and business development serving enterprise and government customers. Matrix Industries,
Inc. is a manufacturer of self-powered machine-learning products designed for connected devices. Mr. Jones has been in general management,
sales, and marketing roles at public and private companies, including Pathion, Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC, now MACOM),
RMI Corporation (now Broadcom, Inc.), VLSI Technology Inc. (now NXP), and more recently as a mentor/advisor at 500 Global and Silicon
Catalyst. Mr. Jones has been based in Silicon Valley for most of his career and has executed M&A transactions as a deal lead for
public, private, domestic, and international entities. As Managing Director of Woodside Capital, Mr. Jones sources clients and leads
projects that involve merger and acquisitions as well as capital raises. As the leader of Woodside’s semiconductor practice, he
has a unique view and access to this rapidly growing industry. Mr. Jones has also served as a director of PharmaSecure, Inc., a privately
held brand protection and security technology company since December 2018. PharmaSecure provides product authentication services to enterprise
customers including pharmaceutical and agricultural manufacturers. In addition, he has been serving as a director of SkillMil, Inc.,
since April 2018. SkillMil, Inc. provides career placement services to retiring military veterans and hiring companies in the private
sector. Mr. Jones earned an MBA at The Wharton School and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree at Georgia Tech. He is also a founding
member of Sand Hill Angels, a leading angel investment group in Silicon Valley, where he has served as a board member and leader over
the years. Mr. Jones’ years in finance and abundance of senior executive leadership positions were the primary qualifications that
the Board of Directors considered in concluding that he should serve as a director of the Company.
Hassan
Parsa serves as an independent director of the Company. Mr. Parsa has been serving as a Limited Partner and Executive Advisor at
Candou Angel Network LLC since January 2020 and is a Limited Partner at Catapult Ventures II, L.P. since June 2022. Mr. Parsa is a seasoned
high-tech executive with a passion for technology innovation, investing and M&A. He has held leadership positions in Corporate Development,
M&A and Venture Capital over the last 25 years at leading technology companies in Silicon Valley. He has created significant strategic
value with more than 30 M&A transactions and has deployed more than $500 million in venture investments in semiconductor, mobility,
cloud computing, security, and AI market segments. Mr. Parsa was the Global Head of Corporate Development at Arm Holdings plc, the leading
provider of semiconductor IP in Computing and AI between April 2010 and May 2022. While at Arm, he was the Chairman of Arm investment
committee and held Board positions at Ambiq Micro Inc. (US), Arduino AG. (Italy), Deeptech Labs (UK), Arm IoT fund (Taiwan) and Hopu
Arm Innovation Fund (China). Prior to Arm, Mr. Parsa was a partner at Lucent Venture Partners between November 1989 and May 2003 and
held executive positions at Centillium Communications Inc. between May 2003 and August 2008, Lucent Technologies and AT&T Bell Labs
between June 1985 and November 1989. Mr. Parsa earned an MBA degree with honors from Columbia University in New York City and a Master
of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Maryland. Mr. Parsa’s extensive experience as a seasoned high-tech
executive with a focus on technology innovation, investing and M&A were the primary qualifications that the Board of Directors considered
in concluding that he should serve as a director of the Company.
Mike
Noonen serves as an independent director of the Company. Mr. Noonen has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Swave Photonics,
B.V., since 2022, with 30 years of experience with technology businesses, having assisted with initial public offerings and acquisitions.
Mr. Noonen served as the Chief Executive Officer of MixComm, Inc. from 2019 until it was acquired by Sivers Semiconductors, Inc. in early
2022. From 2013 until 2015 Mr. Noonen was the Chairman and co-founder of Silicon Catalyst, Inc., one of the first semiconductor incubators
and named as EE Times 2015 Start-up of the Year. Previously, Mr. Noonen served as Executive Vice President for Global Products, Design,
Sales, & Marketing at GlobalFoundries, Inc. from 2011 until 2013, Executive Vice President for Worldwide Sales & Marketing, at
NXP Semiconductors, B.V. from 2008 until 2011, and Executive Vice President for Global Sales & Marketing at National Semiconductor,
Inc. from 2001 until 2008. Mr. Noonen holds multiple patents in the areas of Internet telephony and video communications. Since April
2022, Mr. Noonen has served as a director of SK Growth Opportunities Corp. (Nasdaq: “SKGR”), a SPAC, and serves on the Audit
Committee, Compensation Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee. Since March 2022, Mr. Noonen has served as a director of SES
AI Corp. (NYSE: “SES”), engaged in the development and production of high-performance Li-Metal rechargeable battery technology
for electric vehicles, and serves on the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. Mr. Noonen also serves as a director of Finwave
Semiconductor Inc., a private company in the semiconductor sector linearizing both power amplifiers and low
Text extracted from the filing as submitted to EDGAR. Formatting, tables and exhibits are simplified for reading; the original document is authoritative for anything you rely on.